Versal

Concepts

capital letter

capital

upper case

upper-case character

upper-case letter

Synonyms

Großbuchstabe

Majuskel

Versalbuchstabe

Kapitalbuchstabe

Großschrift

Versalie

Translations

mayúscula

majuscule

maiuscola

maiúscula

maiúsculo

letra maiúscula

letra mayúscula

hoofdletter

majúscula

büyük harf

maiuscolo

majuscula

lletra majúscula

κεφαλαίο

Pronounced as (IPA)

[vɛʁˈzaːl]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: versus

In summary

From Vers (“verse”) + -al; original sense “large letter at the beginning of a verse”.