lowercase

See also: lower-case and lower case

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(noun): lower case
(adjective and adverb): lower-case

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “how do we do this? Something like See lower case, or explain why there is a different spelling for the adjective? And why the dash is used sometimes?”

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun[edit]

lowercase (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of lower case

Adjective[edit]

lowercase (not comparable)

in lower case

Translations[edit]

in lower case

Armenian: փոքրատառ (hy) (pʿokʿrataṙ)
Dutch: in kleine letters, kleingeschreven, onderkast (nl)
Finnish: pienillä kirjaimilla kirjoitettu
French: minuscule (fr)
German: kleingeschrieben (de), klein (de)
Greek: μικρά γράμματα n pl (mikrá grámmata)
Hungarian: kisbetűs, kurrens (typography)
Italian: minuscolo (it) m
Russian: стро́чный (ru) (stróčnyj), ма́ленький (ru) (málenʹkij)
Tagalog: minuskula, kaha-baha
Welsh: bach (cy)

Verb[edit]

lowercase (third-person singular simple present lowercases, present participle lowercasing, simple past and past participle lowercased)

(transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.
- 2000, Tom Miller, Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink: Offbeat Travels Through America’s Southwest, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 216:
  I never asked Rob e. Hanson why he lowercased his middle initial; I suppose he figured a man just shouldn’t accumulate too much capital.