In HTML, the <code>&lt;i&gt;</code> tag is used to represent text that should be displayed in italic. The <code>&lt;i&gt;</code> tag is an inline element, which means that it can be used within a line of text and does not create a new line.
Here is an example of how to use an italic tag in an HTML document
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">&lt;p&gt;This is a paragraph with &lt;i&gt;italic&lt;/i&gt; text.&lt;/p&gt;
</code></pre>

In HTML, the `` tag is used to represent text that should be displayed in italic. The `` tag is an inline element, which means that it can be used within a line of text and does not create a new line.

Here is an example of how to use an italic tag in an HTML document

```plaintext
This is a paragraph with italic text.
```

Italic tag