minuscule
English
Etymology
From French minuscule.
Alternative forms
- miniscule (Originally a misspelling, but now so common that it has come to be considered an alternative spelling by many)
Pronunciation
Noun
minuscule (plural minuscules)
- A lower-case letter.
- Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
- A letter in these styles.
Translations
lower-case letter
medieval handwriting style
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letter in this style
Adjective
minuscule (comparative more minuscule, superlative most minuscule)
- Written in minuscules, lower-case.
- Written in minuscule handwriting style.
- Very small, tiny.
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
- 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%.
- a minuscule dot
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
Synonyms
- (written in minuscules): lower-case, small
- (very small): microscopic, minute, tiny
- See also Wikisaurus:tiny
Antonyms
Translations
written in minuscules
written in minuscule handwriting style
very small, tiny
Usage notes
See the usage notes at miniscule
French
Etymology
From Latin minuscula.
Pronunciation
Adjective
minuscule (masculine and feminine, plural minuscules)
Noun
minuscule f (plural minuscules)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [miˈnu.sku.le]
Adjective
minuscule
- feminine pluralnominative form of minuscul
- feminine pluralaccusative form of minuscul
- neuter pluralnominative form of minuscul
- neuter pluralaccusative form of minuscul