Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#MAJUSCULECategory:English terms derived from French#MAJUSCULE majuscule, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#MAJUSCULE maiusculus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/Category:English 3-syllable words#MAJUSCULECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MAJUSCULE

Noun

majuscule (countable and uncountable, plural majuscules)Category:English lemmas#MAJUSCULECategory:English nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:English uncountable nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:English countable nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:English countable nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with entries#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAJUSCULE

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MAJUSCULE) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MAJUSCULE) Capital letters.
   • 1951, Arthur Calder-Marshall, The Magic of My Youth, R. Hart-Davis, page 111:

     Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.

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   • 1972, Wiener Studien, H. Böhlaus, →ISBN, page 89:

     But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.

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   • 1975, Aubrey Diller, The Textual Tradition of Strabo’s Geography: With Appendix, the Manuscripts of Eustathius’ Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes, A. M. Hakkert, →ISBN, page 47:

     Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.

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Etymology

Ellipsis of lettre majusculeCategory:French ellipses#MAJUSCULE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒys.kyl/Category:French 3-syllable words#MAJUSCULECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MAJUSCULE

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Noun

majuscule f (plural majuscules)Category:French lemmas#MAJUSCULECategory:French nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:French countable nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MAJUSCULECategory:French feminine nouns#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with entries#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAJUSCULE

1. capital letter (uppercase letter)

   Antonym: minuscule

Further reading

• “majuscule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Adjective

majusculeCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#MAJUSCULECategory:Latin adjective forms#MAJUSCULECategory:Latin terms spelled with J#MAJUSCULECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with entries#MAJUSCULECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAJUSCULE

1. vocative masculine singular of majusculus