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minuscule

Pronunciation: /mi.nys.kyl/

“minuscule” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. tiny, minute, minuscule
  2. lowercase

noun

  1. a minuscule, a lower case

In French

  1. Très petit.
  2. Sans importance.
  3. Petite en parlant d’une lettre, par opposition à majuscule et capitale.
  4. Petite lettre comme a, b, c, par opposition à la capitale, de plus grand format comme A, B, C.
  5. Petite capitale, par opposition aux grandes.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minusculus.

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