lowercase en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkeɪs/ (UK)
- /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ (UK)
Etymology
From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In lower case.
At a 1903 typography conference, attendees decided that they would use lowercase eszett and substitute “SZ” for uppercase instances of the letter, until they could figure out a proper design for it.
2017 July 20, Thu-Huong Ha, “Germany has ended a century-long debate over a missing letter in its alphabet”, in Quartz, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lower case | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lower-case | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Synonyms
Translations (23)
es de caja baja (in lower case) · fr minuscule (in lower case) · it minuscolo (in lower case) · nl onderkast (in lower case) · hu kurrens (in lower case) · nl in kleine letters (in lower case) · id nonkapital (in lower case) · cy bach (in lower case) · de kleingeschrieben (in lower case) · ru стро́чный (in lower case) · el μικρά γράμματα (in lower case) · pt minúsculo (in lower case) · hy փոքրատառ (in lower case) · tl kaha-baha (in lower case) · ka ქვედა რეგისტრის (in lower case) · hu kisbetűs (in lower case) · de klein (in lower case) · id onderkas (in lower case) · id kapitil (in lower case) · fi pienillä kirjaimilla kirjoitettu (in lower case) · tl minuskula (in lower case) · ru ма́ленький (in lower case) · nl kleingeschreven (in lower case)