uppercase en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper English case English uppercase From upper + case.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Written in upper case; capital.
In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| upper-case | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Translations (20)
tl kaha-alta (written in upper case) · sv versal (written in upper case) · es titular (written in upper case) · hy մեծատառ (written in upper case) · ka ზედა რეგისტრის (written in upper case) · fi versaali (written in upper case) · id kapital (written in upper case) · hu verzál (written in upper case) · es versal (written in upper case) · ru большо́й (written in upper case) · hu nagybetűs (written in upper case) · es de caja alta (written in upper case) · de großgeschrieben (written in upper case) · af hoofletters (written in upper case) · ru прописно́й (written in upper case) · ru загла́вный (written in upper case) · fr majuscule (written in upper case) · tl mayuskula (written in upper case) · ca majúscul (written in upper case) · de groß (written in upper case)