Caps Lock

See also: capslock and caps lock

English

The Caps Lock key on a PC keyboard

Alternative forms

• caps lock, capslock, CapsLock

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kăps lŏk, IPA^(key): /kæps lɒk/
• (US) /kæps lɔk/

Noun

Caps Lock (countable and uncountable, plural Caps Locks)

1. (uncountable, computing) An input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters.

   Please check if Caps Lock is on when typing your password.

2. (countable, computing) A lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode.
3. (uncountable, by extension, informal) All caps.
   • 2026 March 20, Brit Dawson, “‘I went on a cortisol ‘detox’ to tackle my spiralling anxiety — here’s what happened’”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it?

Translations

input mode

• Finnish: caps lock, aakkoslukko
• Icelandic: hástafalás m
• Russian: капсло́к (ru) m (kapslók)

lock key on a keyboard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大寫鎖定 / 大写锁定 (zh) (dàxiě suǒdìng)

• Danish: skiftenøgle c
• Finnish: caps lock, kirjainten lukitusnäppäin, lukitusnäppäin
• French: verrouillage majuscule m
• German: Feststelltaste f
• Hungarian: nagybetűzár, nagybetűbillentyű, Caps Lock
• Icelandic: hástafalás m
• Korean: 눌림쇠 (nullimsoe)
• Portuguese: caps lock (pt), trava-maiúsculas, bloqueio de maiúsculas m
• Russian: капсло́к (ru) m (kapslók)
• Spanish: Bloq Mayús m or f, tecla bloq mayús f
• Swedish: skiftlås n, caps lock (sv), versallås n

See also

• (computer keys) key; Caps Lock, Enter, Num Lock, Page Down, Page Up, Scroll Lock, Shift, Tab ^{(Category: en:Computing)}

Anagrams

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