Minuscule

//ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl//

Synonyms for "minuscule" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adjective(1 words)
bare-boned

Strong matches (30)

Adjective(1 words)
little
Adjective(2 words)
lower-caselowercased

Related words (50)

Adjective(3 words)
minisculeminuscularsmall
Noun(1 words)
small letter

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7 relation types

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8 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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derived

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is a

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related to

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similar

4 entries

Translations

88 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • حَرْف صَغِير noun (lower-case letter)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փոքրատառ noun (lower-case letter)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • мала́я бу́ква noun (lower-case letter)
  • мала́я лі́тара noun (lower-case letter)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мъничък adj (very small, tiny)
  • ма́лка бу́ква noun (lower-case letter)

Catalan

2 entries
  • minúscul adj (very small, tiny)
  • minúscula noun (lower-case letter)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 小寫字母 /小写字母 noun (lower-case letter)

Czech

4 entries
  • drobný adj (very small, tiny)
  • malinký adj (very small, tiny)
  • nepatrný adj (very small, tiny)
  • malé písmeno noun (lower-case letter)

Danish

1 entries
  • lille bogstav noun (lower-case letter)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kleine letter noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuskel noun (lower-case letter)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malgrandega adj (very small, tiny)
  • minusklo noun (lower-case letter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • mitätön adj (very small, tiny)
  • olematon adj (very small, tiny)
  • pienin kirjaimin kirjoitettu adj (written in minuscules)
  • minuskeli noun (lower-case letter)

French

3 entries
  • minuscule adj (written in minuscules)
  • minuscule adj (very small, tiny)
  • minuscule noun (lower-case letter)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნუსხური ასო noun (lower-case letter)

German

4 entries
  • Klein adj (written in minuscules)
  • klitzeklein adj (very small, tiny)
  • winzig adj (very small, tiny)
  • Gemeinbuchstabe noun (lower-case letter)

Greek

2 entries
  • μικρό γράμμα noun (lower-case letter)
  • πεζό γράμμα noun (lower-case letter)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kisbetű noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuszkula noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuszkula noun (medieval handwriting style)

Ido

1 entries
  • minuskulo noun (lower-case letter)

Italian

2 entries
  • minuscolo adj (very small, tiny)
  • minuscolo noun (lower-case letter)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 矮小 adj (very small, tiny)
  • 小文字 noun (lower-case letter)

Korean

1 entries
  • 소문자 noun (lower-case letter)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мала буква noun (lower-case letter)

Manx

1 entries
  • lettyr beg noun (lower-case letter)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • gemen noun (lower-case letter)
  • liten bokstav noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuskel noun (lower-case letter)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • gemen noun (lower-case letter)
  • liten bokstav noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuskel noun (lower-case letter)

Polish

2 entries
  • mała litera noun (lower-case letter)
  • minuskuła noun (lower-case letter)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • minúsculo adj (written in minuscules)
  • minúsculo adj (very small, tiny)
  • minúscula noun (lower-case letter)

Romanian

2 entries
  • literă mică noun (lower-case letter)
  • minusculă noun (lower-case letter)

Russian

4 entries
  • ма́ленькая бу́ква noun (lower-case letter)
  • мину́скул noun (medieval handwriting style)
  • мину́скул noun (letter in this style)
  • строчна́я бу́ква noun (lower-case letter)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • malo slovo noun (lower-case letter)
  • мало слово noun (lower-case letter)

Slovak

1 entries
  • malé písmeno noun (lower-case letter)

Slovene

1 entries
  • mala začetnica noun (lower-case letter)

Spanish

4 entries
  • minúscula adj (written in minuscules)
  • minúsculo adj (very small, tiny)
  • letra de caja baja noun (lower-case letter)
  • minúscula noun (lower-case letter)

Swedish

4 entries
  • jätteliten adj (very small, tiny)
  • pytteliten adj (very small, tiny)
  • gemen noun (lower-case letter)
  • liten bokstav noun (lower-case letter)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • menuskula adj (very small, tiny)
  • minuskula adj (very small, tiny)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • мала́ бу́ква noun (lower-case letter)
  • мала́ лі́тера noun (lower-case letter)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kichik harf noun (lower-case letter)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chữ nhỏ noun (lower-case letter)
  • chữ thường noun (lower-case letter)

Volapük

3 entries
  • minudik adj (written in minuscules)
  • vemo smalik adj (very small, tiny)
  • minud noun (lower-case letter)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The amount of arsenic in the water is minuscule but significant.

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The difference is minuscule at best.

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The thrust of this spacecraft is minuscule.

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The tree is much too large for Ziri's minuscule axe.

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