HyperDic: majuscule

English > 3 senses of the word majuscule:
NOUNcommunicationmajuscule, capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letterone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
ADJECTIVEallmajusculeof or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
allmajuscule, capital, greatuppercase
English > majuscule: 3 senses > adjective 1
MeaningOf or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries.
NarrowermajuscularOf the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules
See alsouppercaserelating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Oppositeminuscule, minuscularOf or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
Spanishuncial
English > majuscule: 3 senses > adjective 2
Meaninguppercase.
Example "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Synonymscapital, great
Broaderuppercaserelating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Spanishcapital, mayúscula
Catalancapital, majúscula
English > majuscule: 3 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningOne of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.
Synonymscapital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter
Narrowersmall capital, small capA character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Broadercharacter, graph, grapheme, graphic symbolA written symbol that is used to represent speech
Oppositesmall letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minusculeThe characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Spanishcaja alta, letra mayúscula, mayúscula
Catalancaixa alta, lletra majúscula, majúscula
Adjectivesmajuscularof the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules

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