capital letter

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Noun

capital letter (plural capital letters)

An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
Synonyms: big letter, capital, majuscule, upper-case letter, upper case (collectively), uppercase (collectively)

Antonyms: minuscule, small letter

Derived terms

in capital letters

Translations

upper-case letter — see also capital,‎ upper case,‎ upper-case letter,‎ majuscule

Afrikaans: hoofletter (af)
Albanian: shkronjë e madhe f, germë e madhe f
Arabic: حَرْف كَبِير m (ḥarf kabīr)
Gulf Arabic: حرف كبير m (ḥarf kbīr)
Armenian: մեծատառ (hy) (mecataṙ), գլխատառ (hy) (glxataṙ), գլխագիր (hy) (glxagir)
Azerbaijani: baş hərf
Belarusian: вялі́кая лі́тара f (vjalíkaja lítara), вялі́кая бу́ква f (vjalíkaja búkva), загалоўная лі́тара f (zahalównaja lítara), загалоўная бу́ква f (zahalównaja búkva)
Bengali: বড় হাতের অক্ষর (boṛ hater okkhor)
Bulgarian: гла́вна бу́ква f (glávna búkva), голя́ма бу́ква f (goljáma búkva)
Burmese: စာလုံးကြီး (calum:kri:)
Catalan: lletra majúscula f, majúscula (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大寫字母 / 大写字母 (zh) (dàxiě zìmǔ), 大寫 / 大写 (zh) (dàxiě)
Czech: velké písmeno (cs) n, majuskule (cs) f
Danish: stort bogstav n
Dutch: hoofdletter (nl) f, majuskel (nl) m
Esperanto: majusklo, ĉeflitero
Estonian: suurtäht (et)
Finnish: suuraakkonen (fi), iso kirjain (fi), versaali (fi), versaalikirjain, majuskeli (fi)
French: majuscule (fr) f
Georgian: მთავრული (mtavruli), ასომთავრული (asomtavruli), დიდი ასო (didi aso)
German: Großbuchstabe (de) m, Majuskel (de) f, Kapitalbuchstabe m, Versal (de) m, Versalbuchstabe (de) m, Versalie (de) f
Greek: κεφαλαίο γράμμα n (kefalaío grámma), κεφαλαίο (el) n (kefalaío)
Hebrew: אוֹת גְּדוֹלָה f (ot g'dolá)
Hindi: बड़ा अक्षर m (baṛā akṣar)
Hungarian: nagybetű (hu), majuszkula
Icelandic: hástafur (is) m
Indonesian: huruf besar
Irish: ceannlitir f
Italian: maiuscolo (it) m, maiuscola (it) f
Japanese: 大文字 (ja) (おおもじ, ōmoji)
Kazakh: бас әріп (bas ärip)
Khmer: អក្សរធំ (ʼaksɑɑ thom)
Korean: 대문자(大文字) (ko) (daemunja)
Kyrgyz: баш тамга (baş tamga)
Lao: ອັກສອນໂຕໃຫຍ່ (ʼak sǭn tō ngai)
Latvian: lielais burts m
Lithuanian: didžioji raidė f
Macedonian: голема буква f (golema bukva), верзал m (verzal)
Malay: huruf besar
Maltese: ittra kapitali f
Manx: kione-lettyr m, lettyr mooar m
Māori: pūmatua
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: том үсэг (tom üseg)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: majuskel (no) m, versal (no) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: حَرْفِ بُزُرْگ (fa) (harf-e bozorg), حَرْفِ دُرُشْت (harf-e dorošt)
Polish: majuskuła (pl), duża litera (pl) f, wielka litera (pl) f
Portuguese: maiúscula (pt) f, letra maiúscula f
Romanian: majusculă (ro) f, literă mare (ro) f
Russian: прописна́я бу́ква (ru) f (propisnája búkva), загла́вная бу́ква (ru) f (zaglávnaja búkva), больша́я бу́ква f (bolʹšája búkva)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: велико слово n

Latin: veliko slovo n
Slovak: veľké písmeno n
Slovene: velika začetnica f
Spanish: letra capital f, letra versal f, letra titular f
Swedish: stor bokstav (sv) c, versal (sv)
Tagalog: malaking titik
Tajik: ҳарфи калон (harf-i kalon), ҳарфи бузург (harf-i buzurg)
Tatar: баш хәреф (baş xäref)
Thai: อักษรตัวใหญ่ (àk-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-yài)
Turkish: büyük harf (tr), büyük (tr)
Turkmen: baş harp
Ukrainian: вели́ка лі́тера f (velýka lítera), вели́ка бу́ква f (velýka búkva), заголо́вна лі́тера f (zaholóvna lítera), заголо́вна бу́ква f (zaholóvna búkva)
Urdu: بَڑا حَرْف m (baṛā harf)
Uyghur: باش ھەرپ (bash herp)
Uzbek: bosh harf, katta harf
Vietnamese: chữ hoa
Volapük: mayud (vo)

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} majuscula, ^{(please verify)} littera majuscule