noun · countable / uncountable · rare

minuscule

minuscule · minuscules

мала літера, мала буква

маленькая буква, минускул, строчная буква

Minuskel, Gemeiner (der Gemeine), Kleinbuchstabe, Gemeinbuchstabe

A lowercase letterA lowercase letter.

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UK/ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/US/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/

» The difference is minuscule at best.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable)A lowercase letter.
Kleinbuchstabe, Gemeinbuchstabe, Gemeiner (der Gemeine)
строчна́я бу́кваstročnája búkva, ма́ленькая бу́кваmálenʹkaja búkva
мала́ лі́тераmalá lítera, мала́ бу́кваmalá búkva
(uncountable)Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
Minuskel
мину́скулminúskul
(countable)A letter in these styles.
мину́скулminúskul

More definitions

a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

Examples

5 sentences

The difference is minuscule at best.
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The thrust of this spacecraft is minuscule.
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The amount of arsenic in the water is minuscule but significant.
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Cockroach eggs are minuscule.
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The tree is much too large for Ziri's minuscule axe.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

lower-case letter:

Русский

By meaning 2

lower-case letter:

medieval handwriting style:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

lower-case letter:

Origin

From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather

From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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