See upper case in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
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"kind": "other",
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"The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ...."
],
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[
"capital letter",
"capital letter"
]
],
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"word": "all caps"
},
{
"word": "case dependent"
},
{
"word": "case insensitive"
},
{
"word": "case sensitive"
},
{
"word": "small caps"
}
],
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},
{
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],
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}
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "majúscules"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàxiě zìmǔ",
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "store bogstaver"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"collective"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "majuskloj"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "versaali"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"plural"
],
"word": "suuraakkoset"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "isot kirjaimet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "majuscules"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "haut-de-casse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Großbuchstaben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Großschreibung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "Versalien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Versalbuchstaben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Kapitalbuchstaben"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kefalaía",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "κεφαλαία"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "stórir stafir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cás uachtair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maiuscoli"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "lettere maiuscole"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "caratteri maiuscoli"
},
{
"alt": "おおもじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōmoji",
"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "大文字"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daemunja",
"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "대문자"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"plural"
],
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "pūmatua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"plural"
],
"word": "wersaliki"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "wielkie litery"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maiúsculas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "caixas-altas"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "litere mari"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "propisnýje búkvy",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "прописны́е бу́квы"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "загла́вные бу́квы"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vérxnij regístr",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "ве́рхний реги́стр"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "mayúsculas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "versaler"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
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}
]
}
],
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},
{
"word": "mixed case"
},
{
"word": "minuscule"
}
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{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "capital letters",
"word": "大寫 /大写"
},
{
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},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "store bogstaver"
},
{
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"collective"
],
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{
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"word": "majuskloj"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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"feminine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "haut-de-casse"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "Versalien"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "stórir stafir"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cás uachtair"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "lettere maiuscole"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "caratteri maiuscoli"
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"masculine",
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"plural"
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"word": "wielkie litery"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "maiúsculas"
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "capital letters",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"plural"
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"masculine"
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
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"sense": "capital letters",
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "mayúsculas"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"plural"
],
"word": "versaler"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capital letters",
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"plural"
],
"word": "stora bokstäver"
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}
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