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minuscule en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/mɪˈnʌsˌkjul/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈmɪnjʊˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/ (General-American)
/ˈmɪnjəˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon)
/ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

Written in minuscules, lowercase.
Written in minuscule handwriting style.
Very small; tiny.
- a minuscule dot
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more minuscule	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most minuscule	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
miniscule		alternative	lexicographic

Antonyms

uppercase (antonym(s) of “lower-case”) · majuscule (antonym(s) of “lower-case”)

Deriveds

cominuscule · minusculely · minuscular

Synonyms

minute (very small) · lower-case (written in minuscules) · minuscular · microscopic (very small) · tiny (very small) · small (written in minuscules)

Translations (26)

es minúscula (written in minuscules) · fi pienin kirjaimin kirjoitettu (written in minuscules) · sv jätteliten (very small, tiny) · de klitzeklein (very small, tiny) · vo vemo smalik (very small, tiny) · ja 矮小 (very small, tiny) · fr minuscule (very small, tiny) · cs nepatrný (very small, tiny) · fi mitätön (very small, tiny) · eo malgrandega (very small, tiny) · tl minuskula (very small, tiny) · sv pytteliten (very small, tiny) · es minúsculo (very small, tiny) · pt minúsculo (written in minuscules) · cs drobný (very small, tiny) · de Klein- (written in minuscules) · ca minúscul (very small, tiny) · pt minúsculo (very small, tiny) · cs malinký (very small, tiny) · de winzig (very small, tiny) · tl menuskula (very small, tiny) · it minuscolo (very small, tiny) · vo minudik (written in minuscules) · fr minuscule (written in minuscules) · bg мъничък (very small, tiny) · fi olematon (very small, tiny)

minuscule en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/mɪˈnʌsˌkjul/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈmɪnjʊˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/ (General-American)
/ˈmɪnjəˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon)
/ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

(countable) A lowercase letter.
(uncountable) Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
- By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books. 2001, Steven Roger Fischer, History of Writing, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 254:
(countable) A letter in these styles.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
miniscule		alternative	lexicographic
minuscules	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

humanist minuscule · Carolingian minuscule · Caroline minuscule · minuscule cursive

Translations (84)

kk кіші әріп (lower-case letter) · ru строчна́я бу́ква (lower-case letter) · sv liten bokstav (lower-case letter) · de Gemeinbuchstabe (lower-case letter) · pt minúscula (lower-case letter) · uk мала́ лі́тера (lower-case letter) · tk kiçi harp (lower-case letter) · ga litir bheag (lower-case letter) · hi छोटा अक्षर (lower-case letter) · et väiketäht (lower-case letter) · pl mała litera (lower-case letter) · sl mala začetnica (lower-case letter) · nb gemen (lower-case letter) · az kiçik hərf (lower-case letter) · tr küçük harf (lower-case letter) · vo minud (lower-case letter) · mn жижиг үсэг (lower-case letter) · eo minusklo (lower-case letter) · ur چھوٹا حَرْف (lower-case letter) · hy փոքրատառ (lower-case letter) · nl kleine letter (lower-case letter) · mk мала буква (lower-case letter) · el μικρό γράμμα (lower-case letter) · cs malé písmeno (lower-case letter) · cs minuskule (lower-case letter) · tg ҳарфи хурд (lower-case letter) · uk мала́ бу́ква (lower-case letter) · ja 小文字 (lower-case letter) · uz kichik harf (lower-case letter) · be мала́я бу́ква (lower-case letter) · gv lettyr beg (lower-case letter) · cmn 小寫字母 /小写字母 (lower-case letter) · el πεζό γράμμα (lower-case letter) · be мала́я лі́тара (lower-case letter) · de Gemeiner (der Gemeine) (lower-case letter) · lt mažoji raidė (lower-case letter) · ko 소문자 (lower-case letter) · nn minuskel (lower-case letter) · is smástafur (lower-case letter) · nb minuskel (lower-case letter) · de Minuskel (medieval handwriting style) · nb liten bokstav (lower-case letter) · es letra de caja baja (lower-case letter) · ru ма́ленькая бу́ква (lower-case letter) · lv mazais burts (lower-case letter) · ky кичинекей тамга (lower-case letter) · fi minuskeli (lower-case letter) · io minuskulo (lower-case letter) · fa-ira حَرْفِ کوچَک (lower-case letter) · tt кече хәреф (lower-case letter) · fr minuscule (lower-case letter) · ru мину́скул (medieval handwriting style) · ro minusculă (lower-case letter) · sh malo slovo (lower-case letter) · ro literă mică (lower-case letter) · fi pieni kirjain (lower-case letter) · ar حَرْف صَغِير (lower-case letter) · nn gemen (lower-case letter) · es minúscula (lower-case letter) · it minuscolo (lower-case letter) · hu minuszkula (medieval handwriting style) · sk malé písmeno (lower-case letter) · vi chữ nhỏ (lower-case letter) · vi chữ thường (lower-case letter) · hu minuszkula (lower-case letter) · nn liten bokstav (lower-case letter) · pl minuskuła (lower-case letter) · de Kleinbuchstabe (lower-case letter) · sh мало слово (lower-case letter) · fi pienaakkonen (lower-case letter) · da lille bogstav (lower-case letter) · ug كىچىك ھەرپ (lower-case letter) · ky ичине тамга (lower-case letter) · de Minuskel (lower-case letter) · nl minuskel (lower-case letter) · hu kisbetű (lower-case letter) · ca minúscula (lower-case letter) · fa-ira حَرْفِ ریز (lower-case letter) · sq shkronjë e vogël (lower-case letter) · ka ნუსხური ასო (lower-case letter) · ru мину́скул (letter in this style) · sq germë e vogël (lower-case letter) · sv gemen (lower-case letter) · bg ма́лка бу́ква (lower-case letter)