minúsculo

See also: minusculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin minusculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnus.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnus.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈnuʃ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnus.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnuʃ.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uskulu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃkulu
• Hyphenation: mi‧nús‧cu‧lo

Adjective

minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)

1. minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)

   Synonym: diminuto

2. (orthography) minuscule; lower-case (written in minuscules)

   Antonym: maiúsculo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:minúsculo.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin minusculus, from minus (“less”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnuskulo/ [miˈnus.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -uskulo
• Syllabification: mi‧nús‧cu‧lo

Adjective

minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)

1. minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)

   Synonym: diminuto

2. (orthography) lower case (of a letter)

   Antonym: mayúsculo

Derived terms

• letra minúscula

 

Further reading

• “minúsculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014