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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin minusculus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -uskulu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃkulu
- Hyphenation: mi‧nús‧cu‧lo
Adjective
minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)
- minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)
- Synonym: diminuto
- (orthography) minuscule; lower-case (written in minuscules)
- Antonym: maiúsculo
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:minúsculo.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin minusculus, from minus (“less”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈnuskulo/
- Rhymes: -uskulo
- Syllabification: mi‧nús‧cu‧lo
Adjective
minúsculo (feminine minúscula, masculine plural minúsculos, feminine plural minúsculas)
- minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)
- Synonym: diminuto
- (orthography) lower case (of a letter)
- Antonym: mayúsculo
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