Real Dictionary

italic
Italic letters slope to the right.
plural noun: Italics are letters which slope to the right. Italics are often used to emphasize a particular word or sentence. The examples in this dictionary are printed in italics.

Italic in American English
a branch of the Indo-European language family, including Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and other languages of ancient Italy, as well as Latin's descendants, the Romance languages
an italic letter or other character
designating or of a type in which the characters slant upward to the right, used variously, as to emphasize words, indicate foreign words, set off book titles, etc. (Ex.: this is italic type)
of these languages
adjective: designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc
noun: italic type

italic in British English
italic(s)
abbreviation: Italian
abbreviation: italic; italics
adjective: denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages, esp the extinct ones
adjective: of, relating to, or denoting a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
noun: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes many of the ancient languages of Italy, such as Venetic and the Osco-Umbrian group, Latin, which displaced them, and the Romance languages
noun: a style of printing type modelled on this, chiefly used to indicate emphasis, a foreign word, etc