different between majuscule vs uncial
majuscule
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin m?iusculus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæd??skju?l/
Noun
majuscule (plural majuscules)
- A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
Antonyms
- minuscule
Derived terms
- majuscular
- majuscule writing
Translations
French
Etymology
Ellipsis of lettre majuscule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.?ys.kyl/
Noun
majuscule f (plural majuscules)
- capital letter (uppercase letter)
- Antonym: minuscule
Further reading
- “majuscule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
m?juscule
- vocative masculine singular of m?jusculus
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uncial
English
Etymology 1
Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).
Adjective
uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)
- (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
Etymology 2
Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.si.?l/, /??n.?i.?l/, /??n.??l/
Adjective
uncial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
Translations
Noun
uncial (plural uncials)
- A style of writing using uncial letters.
- A letter in this style.
- A manuscript in this style.
Translations
Derived terms
- semi-uncial, half-uncial
Related terms
- uncia
- ounce
- inch
References
Anagrams
- Alcuin, Lucian, Lucina
Spanish
Adjective
uncial (plural unciales)
- uncial
Noun
uncial f (plural unciales)
- uncial
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