minuscule

Alternative forms

 * originally a misspelling, but now so common that it has come to be considered an alternative spelling by many

Etymology
From, from , feminine of , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  A lowercase letter.
 * 2)  Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
 * 3)  A letter in these styles.
 * 1)  A letter in these styles.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَرْف صَغِير
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: мала́я лі́тара, мала́я бу́ква
 * Bulgarian: ма́лка бу́ква
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, malé písmeno
 * Danish: lille bogstav
 * Dutch:, kleine letter
 * Esperanto: minusklo
 * Finnish:, pieni kirjain,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ნუსხური ასო
 * German:, Gemeinbuchstabe, Gemeiner
 * Greek: μικρό γράμμα, πεζό γράμμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: мала буква
 * Manx: lettyr beg
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , liten bokstav
 * Nynorsk: minuskel, gemen, liten bokstav
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ма́ленькая бу́ква
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мало слово
 * Roman: malo slovo
 * Slovak: malé písmeno
 * Slovene: mala začetnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: мала́ лі́тера, мала́ бу́ква
 * Uzbek: kichik harf
 * Vietnamese: chữ nhỏ, chữ thường
 * Volapük:


 * German:
 * Hungarian: minuszkula
 * Russian:


 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1)  Written in minuscules,.
 * 2) Written in minuscule handwriting style.
 * 3) Very small; tiny.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:tiny
 * See also Thesaurus:tiny
 * See also Thesaurus:tiny

Translations

 * Finnish: pienin kirjaimin kirjoitettu
 * French:
 * German: Klein-
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: minudik


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Esperanto: malgrandega
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: menuskula, minuskula
 * Volapük: vemo smalik

Usage notes
See the usage notes at miniscule

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * 1) tiny, minute, minuscule
 * 2)  lowercase

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  a minuscule, a lower case