Appendix:Capital letter

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Letter

[capital letter]Category:Translingual lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Translingual letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. Single capital letter (either by itself, or as a combination of capital letters that can be used by themselves):
    1. In lists, followed by a period, right parenthesis, dash, etc.
      A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
      A) Go to the store. B) Get some food. C) Return home. D) Eat.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
      A – Go to the store. B – Get some food. C – Return home. D – Eat.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    2. In numeral systems with a base greater than ten, alphabetic letters are used as additional digits.
      Hexadecimal: A = 10, B = 11, AA = 170, etc.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    3. Some symbols are composed of a single capital letter.
      1. Symbols of some units of measurement.
      2. The prefix symbols for multiples of SI units 106 (mega) and above.
    4. (biologyCategory:mul:Biology#CAPITAL%20LETTER) In blood types (A, B, AB, O).
    5. Often used in Roman numerals; other times they are written in lowercase letters.
    6. (card gamesCategory:mul:Card games#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used in abbreviations of names of playing cards.
      A = ace, K = king, Q = queen, J = jack, T = tenCategory:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    7. (chessCategory:mul:Chess#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used in abbreviations of names of chess pieces.
      K = König, D = Dame, etc. ― K = king, Q = queen, etc.Category:German terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
  2. First-letter capitalization:
    1. In proper nouns, including:
      1. In names, surnames and nicknames.
      2. In names of places: countries, cities, etc.
      3. In names of landforms and parts of the ecosystem: mountains (Mount Fuji), forests (Amazon Forest), etc.
      4. In names of planets, stars, constellations, etc.
      5. In names of brands, companies and products.
      6. In names of organizations, musical bands and political parties.
      7. In titles of texts, books, movies, musics, etc.
      8. In titles of software, including video games.
    2. In the names of some trademarked products and some genericized trademarks.
    3. In addition to proper nouns, in some languages also in common nouns.
      German BierCategory:German links with redundant target parameters#CAPITAL%20LETTER, Luxembourgish BéierCategory:Luxembourgish links with redundant target parameters#CAPITAL%20LETTER, Low German Beer, Bier, Beier, Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”)Category:Saterland Frisian links with redundant target parameters#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    4. At the beginning of a sentence.
      The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    5. At the beginning of quoted speech.
      We all said “No, don’t do that.”Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    6. In names, pronouns and (sometimes) adjectives that refer to God.
      I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    7. (archaic) In words that are deemed to be important, especially in religious contexts or for abstract concepts.
      The greatest Vice is Pride, for it is thence that all Sin springs forth.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
      The Parsonage was situated in the countryside, half a league from the Town.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    8. In taxonomic names.
    9. In some symbols, abbreviations and acronyms.
      1. Acronyms include: Nato, Wysiwyg.
      2. (biologyCategory:mul:Biology#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Symbols and abbreviations of nucleobases consist of one or more letters from the Latin alphabet with the first letter capitalised.
        A = adenine, G = guanine; or Ade = adenine, Gua = guanineCategory:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
      3. (chemistryCategory:mul:Chemistry#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Symbols of chemical elements normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet with the first letter capitalised.
        O = oxygen, H = hydrogen; He = helium, Na = sodium, etc.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    10. (law) To denote that a term is a defined term.
      In this contract, Service Media means all such pipes, cables and other media laid by the Company for the purpose of […]Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
  3. All-caps:
    1. As a style choice.
      “POLICE” was written outside the police station.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    2. Sometimes used in headings, titles, and the first few letters or words of a block of text to set them off from the text body.
    3. Used in many abbreviations and initialisms. (USA, etc.)
    4. Indicates that a person is shouting.
    5. Used for emphasis.
      • 2025 August 17, Andrew Mangan, “Thank you for your attention to Trump’s weird new tic”, in Daily Kos‎ (in English):
        “The Wall Street Journal printed a FAKE letter, supposedly to Epstein. These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures. I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m going to sue his ass off, and that of his third rate newspaper,” he posted on July 17. “Thank you for your attention to this matter! DJT.”
        Category:Translingual terms with quotations#CAPITALLETTER
    6. Used in video subtitles, usually between square brackets or parentheses, to indicate comments or to provide explanations of sounds for deaf people.
      I have a question: would it be an exception if [INAUDIBLE]?Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    7. Used in video subtitles to indicate translated onscreen text, to differentiate it from speech.
    8. Used in Bibles to indicate translations of the Tetragrammaton
      Und der HERR sprach zu Mose
      And the LORD said unto Moses
      Category:German terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    9. Used to indicate which part of the name is the family name, particularly in international organizations.
    10. (crosswordingCategory:mul:Crosswording#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used to distinguish answers and fodder in commentary.
      The answer is ORCHESTRA which is an anagram of CARTHORSE.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
  4. Camel case:
    1. In some brand names:
      iPhone; BlackBerry; PowerPoint presentationCategory:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    2. (programmingCategory:mul:Programming#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Optionally to indicate word breaks in the variables in some programming languages, often starting with a lowercase letter.
      Use the variables “startDate” and “endDate”.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    3. (chemistryCategory:mul:Chemistry#CAPITAL%20LETTER) In chemical formulae, the elements put together often form a camel case result, such as NaCl.
    4. In some abbreviations for units of measurement, formed with lowercase prefix + uppercase unit:
    5. In pH and pOH.
  5. Alternating caps:
    1. Indicates a mocking tone.

See also

Here are the capital letters in the Latin script:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry-like pages
Typography Capital letter · Lowercase letter · Superscript · Subscript · Italics · Boldface · Small caps · Underline · Strikethrough
Semantics Possessive
Suprasegmentals Repetition
(See also: Wiktionary:Index to appendices)

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Letter

[capital letter]Category:English lemmas#CAPITALLETTERCategory:English letters#CAPITALLETTERCategory:English multiword terms#CAPITALLETTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CAPITALLETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. First-letter capitalization:
    1. Used in the word "I" and contractions:
    2. Used in a number of honorifics:
    3. Used in adjectives derived from proper nouns:
    4. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to large established groupings of people:
      1. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to nations and countries and their citizens:
      2. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to states, regions, and cities and their inhabitants:
      3. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to languages and their speakers:
      4. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to political parties and their members (especially when distinguished from people who hold similarly named views but aren’t affiliated with a party):
        (compare small-l liberal)
      5. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to other organizations and their members:
      6. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to religions and their adherents:
      7. Sometimes used in adjectives pertaining to minorities, such as descriptions of race or disability, especially when emphasizing them as politically organized groups.
        (Uncapitalized forms such as black and deaf remain more usual in contexts other than politics or culture)
    5. Used in days of the week and months.
    6. Used in words derived from nouns and adjectives that start with a capital letter.
    7. Used in the first word and all other words except articles and most conjunctions in titles:
      The Lord of the Rings; A View to a Kill; Pride and PrejudiceCategory:English terms with usage examples#CAPITALLETTER
    8. Used in ornithology in the names of birds – outside ornithology, these are usually lower case except for when the species name includes a word always written with a capital letter:
    9. (informalCategory:English informal terms#CAPITALLETTER) Used to emphasize a word as being more meaningful or specific than its typical generic usage.
      • 2017, Emmy J. Favilla, A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age, London […]: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 120:
        Her body, skin, face, and hair all look effortless and natural—the Cool Girl doesn’t even know what an elliptical machine would look like—and wears a uniform of jeans and tank tops, because trying hard isn’t Cool. […] The capitalization of the term serves to pseudo-brand Cool Girl as something precise outside of the generic, a thing for which no other term currently exists.
        Category:English terms with quotations#CAPITALLETTER
    10. (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#CAPITALLETTER) Used in all or some nouns. [c. 1650–1750]
  2. All-caps:
    1. Used to indicate a stressed syllable in certain pronunciation respelling systems.

Derived terms

Terms written with capital letter - referring to God
Terms written in camel case - brand names and derived terms

Dutch

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Dutch lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Dutch letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Dutch multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. first-letter capitalization:
    1. (obsoleteCategory:Dutch terms with obsolete senses#CAPITAL%20LETTER) used in days of the week and months
    2. used in some adjectives and nouns pertaining to nations and countries and their citizens
      Nederlander, Nederlands, Europeaan, Eskimo, maar indiaan ― Dutch, Dutch, European, Eskimo, but American IndianCategory:Dutch terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    3. used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to cities and their inhabitants
      Amsterdammer, Amsterdams ― Amsterdamer, (of, from or relating to Amsterdam)Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER

French

Letter

[capital letter]Category:French lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:French letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:French multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. First-letter capitalization:
    1. In titles, "important words":
      1. The first word is always capitalized.
        À la recherche du temps perdu
        In Search of Lost Time
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
      2. Nouns which stand alone without articles or determiners.
        Orgueil et Préjugés
        Pride and Prejudice
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
      3. The first noun, when this is at the very beginning of the title and is preceded by a definite article.
        Le Seigneur des anneaux; L'Internationale
        The Lord of the Rings; The International
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
      4. Other nouns with definite articles linked to the initial noun by et
        Le Lion, la Sorcière blanche et l'Armoire magique; La Belle et la Bête
        The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Beauty and the Beast
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
      5. Prenominal adjectives attached to capitalized nouns.
        Le Petit Prince; Les Deux Tours
        The Little Prince; The Two Towers
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
      6. Proper nouns and other nouns that are always capitalized in French.
        Voyage au centre de la Terre
        Journey to the Centre of the Earth
        Category:French terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER

Usage Notes

  • According to the Académie Française, in standard usage, accents are not optional on capital letters (e.g. état vs. État; André vs. ANDRÉ)[1]; however, they are often omitted, a practice carried over from the typewriter era. Cedillas are generally retained (e.g. FAÇADE rather than FACADE).

References

German

Letter

[capital letter]Category:German lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:German letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:German multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. First-letter capitalization:
    1. In addition to proper nouns, common nouns, too, have the first letter capitalized.
    2. In fixed expressions adjectives have the first letter capitalized.
      Blauer Planet, Schwarzes Brett, Weißes Haus
      Blue Planet (Earth), bulletin board, White House
      Category:German terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    3. Nominalized adjectives are usually capitalized.
      (et)was Gutes, die Schöne
      something good, the beautiful
      Category:German terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    4. The pronouns Du (Deiner, Dir, Dich) and Dein can have the first letter capitalized when addressing someone in writing; this practice was deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform, but later partly undone, namely in case of letters.
    5. Capitalization distinguishes the polite second person form Sie, Ihnen, Ihr etc. from the third person plural sie, ihnen, ihr.
    6. Pronouns used in a majestic plural ("royal we": Wir) have the first letter capitalized.
    7. In modern spellings as prescribed by Duden, third person singular pronouns are capitalized in direct addresses and imperatives.
    8. (archaicCategory:German terms with archaic senses#CAPITAL%20LETTER) adjectives denoting a country or people once sometimes had the first letter capitalized.
  2. First- and second-letter capitalization:
    1. (archaicCategory:German terms with archaic senses#CAPITAL%20LETTER) In names and nouns referring to God.

Derived terms

Terms written with capital letter - referring to God

Japanese

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Japanese lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Japanese letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. Sometimes used when transcribing katakana.
  2. Sometimes used when transcribing on'yomi readings of a kanji, as opposed to kun'yomi readings written in lowercase.
  3. Sometimes used in romanizations of Japanese names to indicate which part is the family name.


Latin

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Latin lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Latin letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Latin multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. (Ancient Latin) Only capital letters are used.
  2. (New Latin) In addition to proper nouns, sometimes common nouns, too, have the first letter capitalized.

Lojban

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Lojban lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Lojban letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Lojban multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Lojban entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. Used to mark stress.

Luxembourgish

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Luxembourgish lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Luxembourgish letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Luxembourgish multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. In addition to proper nouns, common nouns, too, have the first letter capitalized.

Spanish

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Spanish lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Spanish letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Spanish multiword terms#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. first-letter capitalization:
    1. in titles, the first word is always capitalized

References

Vietnamese

Letter

[capital letter]Category:Vietnamese lemmas#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Vietnamese letters#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with entries#CAPITAL%20LETTERCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CAPITAL%20LETTER

  1. First-letter capitalization:
    1. Used in proper nouns used as adjectives: Việt Nam, châu Á, etc.
    2. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to large established groupings of people:
      1. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to nations and countries and their citizens:
      2. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to states, regions and cities and their inhabitants:
      3. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to ethnic groups:
      4. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to languages and their speakers:
      5. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to political parties and their members (especially when distinguished from people who hold similar views but aren't affiliated with a party):
      6. Used in adjectives and nouns pertaining to religions and their adherents:
    3. Used in days of the week (Chủ nhật, thứ Hai) and months (tháng Mười).
    4. Used in the Can Chi (干支Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes#CAPITAL%20LETTER) (sexagenary cycle) days and years of the lunisolar calendar.
    5. Used in words derived from nouns and adjectives that start with a capital letter.
    6. Used in the first word of a sentence or of quoted speech.
      Anh hỏi, "Tại sao em vẫn còn ở đây?"
      He asked, "Why are you still here?"
      Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    7. Used in the first word and the first syllable of all other nouns in names of organizations:
      Trường Trung học phổ thông chuyên Khoa học Tự nhiên
      High School for Gifted Students of the Natural Sciences
      Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    8. Used in the first word and the first syllable of all other words except classifiers and most conjunctions in titles:
      Từ điển Bách khoa Quân sự Việt Nam
      Vietnam Military Encyclopedia
      Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#CAPITAL%20LETTER
    9. (datedCategory:Vietnamese dated terms#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used in the first word and all other words except classifiers and most conjunctions in titles.
    10. (obsoleteCategory:Vietnamese terms with obsolete senses#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used in all words in titles.
    11. (biologyCategory:vi:Biology#CAPITAL%20LETTER) Used in the names of taxonomic ranks above species:

References

  • Quy định tạm thời về viết hoa tên riêng trong sách giáo khoa [Temporary rules for capitalizing proper names in textbooks]‎ (in Vietnamese), Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training, 13 March 2003
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