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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.2 Translations
  • 1.4 References
  • 1.5 Further reading
  • 1.6 Anagrams

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• uppercase

Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing capital letters would traditionally be located above the one containing small letters.[1]

upper case (uncountable)

1. The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
   Synonyms: majuscule, u/c (initialism)
   Antonyms: lower case, minuscule
   Coordinate term: mixed case

• all caps

• case dependent

• case insensitive

• case sensitive

• small caps

• Catalan: majúscules (ca) f pl

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 大寫 / 大写 (zh) (dàxiě), 大寫字母 / 大写字母 (zh) (dàxiě zìmǔ)

• Danish: store bogstaver n pl

• Esperanto: majusklaro (collective), majuskloj

• Finnish: versaali (fi), suuraakkoset pl, isot kirjaimet pl

• French: majuscules (fr) f pl, haut-de-casse (fr) m pl

• German: Großbuchstaben (de) m pl, Großschreibung (de) f, Majuskeln (de) f pl, Versalien (de) pl, Versalbuchstaben (de) m pl, Kapitalbuchstaben m pl

• Greek: κεφαλαία (el) n pl (kefalaía)

• Icelandic: stórir stafir m pl

• Irish: cás uachtair m

• Italian: maiuscoli m pl, lettere maiuscole f pl, caratteri maiuscoli m pl

• Japanese: 大文字 (ja) (おおもじ, ōmoji)

• Korean: 대문자 (ko) (daemunja)

• Latvian: lielie burti m pl

• Māori: pūmatua

• Polish: wersaliki m pl, majuskuły f pl, wielkie litery f pl

• Portuguese: maiúsculas f pl, caixas-altas f pl

• Romanian: litere mari (ro) f pl, majuscule f pl

• Russian: прописны́е бу́квы f pl (propisnýje búkvy), загла́вные бу́квы f pl (zaglávnyje búkvy), ве́рхний реги́стр m (vérxnij regístr) (computing)

• Spanish: mayúsculas (es) f pl, versales (es) f pl, capitales (es) f pl, caja alta f, titulares (es) f pl

• Swedish: versaler (sv) c pl, stora bokstäver c pl

1. ^ Glossary of Typesetting Terms, by Richard Eckersley, Charles Ellerston, Richard Hendel, Page 18

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