lowercase

Meaning

Noun

Alternative form of lower case.

Adj

In lower case.

Verb

To convert (text) to lower case.

Synonyms

minuscule

small

small letter

lower-case letter

little

tiny

piddling

small-scale

wisp

miniscule

fine

write in small letters

light

minor

minute

nickel-and-dime

peanut

Translations

minuscule

minuscolo

minúscula

bas de casse

minúscula

küçük harf

minúsculo

minuscola

kleingeschreven

klein geschrieben

μικρά γράμματα

Kleinbuchstaben

en minuscules

πεζά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/

Etymology

From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.