small caps

English

Etymology 1

1856. Compare caps (“capitals”), 1856; small capitals, 1770.

Noun

A small caps font

1. (typography) Capital letters A, B, C, ... shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters).

Synonyms

• small capitals

See also

• upper case
• lower case
• caps and small caps

Translations

font variant

• Czech: kapitálky f pl
• Danish: kapitæler c pl or n pl
• Esperanto: majuskleto
• Finnish: kapiteeli
• French: petite capitale (fr) f
• German: Kapitälchen n sg or n pl
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• Hungarian: kiskapitális
• Italian: maiuscoletto (it) m
• Polish: kapitaliki m pl
• Portuguese: versalete (pt) m
• Russian: капите́ль (ru) f (kapitɛ́l')
• Spanish: versalita (es) f

Etymology 2

Noun

1. (finance) Stocks with a relatively small market capitalization.