Meanings
nounupper case (uncountable)
alternative uppercase
- uncountableThe capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
Synonyms: majuscule, u/c · Antonyms: lower case, minuscule
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, ....
Opposite
Also see
Origin
Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing capital letters would traditionally be located above the one containing small letters.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَرْف كَبِير, أَحْرُف كَبِيرَة
- حَرْف كَبِير (ḥarf kabīr)capital letters
- أَحْرُف كَبِيرَة (ʔaḥruf kabīra)capital letters
- نَسَق كَبِير (nasaq kabīr)capital letters
Bulgarian гла́вни бу́кви, голя́ми бу́кви
- гла́вни бу́кви (glávni búkvi)capital letters
- голя́ми бу́кви (goljámi búkvi)capital letters
Catalan majúscules
- majúsculescapital letters
Chinese Mandarin 大寫 /大写, 大寫字母 /大写字母
- 大寫 /大写 (dàxiě)capital letters
- 大寫字母 /大写字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ)capital letters
Czech velké písmeno
- velké písmenocapital letters
Danish store bogstaver
- store bogstavercapital letters
Dutch hoofdletter, grote letter
- hoofdlettercapital letters
- grote lettercapital letters
Esperanto majusklaro, majuskloj
- majusklarocapital letters
- majusklojcapital letters
Finnish versaali, suuraakkoset
- versaalicapital letters
- suuraakkosetcapital letters
- isot kirjaimetcapital letters
French majuscules, haut-de-casse
- majusculescapital letters
- haut-de-cassecapital letters
German Großbuchstaben, Großschreibung
- Großbuchstabencapital letters
- Großschreibungcapital letters
- Majuskelncapital letters
- Versaliencapital letters
- Versalbuchstabencapital letters
- Kapitalbuchstabencapital letters
Greek κεφαλαία, κεφαλαίο γράμμα
- κεφαλαία (kefalaía)capital letters
- κεφαλαίο γράμμα (kefalaío grámma)capital letters
Hindi बड़ा अक्षर
- बड़ा अक्षर (baṛā akṣar)capital letters
Icelandic stórir stafir
- stórir stafircapital letters
Irish cás uachtair
- cás uachtaircapital letters
Italian maiuscoli, lettere maiuscole
- maiuscolicapital letters
- lettere maiuscolecapital letters
- caratteri maiuscolicapital letters
Japanese 大文字
- 大文字 (ōmoji)capital letters
Korean 대문자
- 대문자 (daemunja)capital letters
Latvian lielie burti
- lielie burticapital letters
Māori pūmatua
- pūmatuacapital letters
Polish wersaliki, majuskuły
- wersalikicapital letters
- majuskułycapital letters
- wielkie literycapital letters
- duże literycapital letters
Portuguese maiúsculas, caixas-altas
- maiúsculascapital letters
- caixas-altascapital letters
Romanian litere mari, majuscule
- litere maricapital letters
- majusculecapital letters
Russian прописны́е бу́квы, загла́вные бу́квы
- прописны́е бу́квы (propisnýje búkvy)capital letters
- загла́вные бу́квы (zaglávnyje búkvy)capital letters
- ве́рхний реги́стр (vérxnij regístr)capital letters
- больши́е бу́квы (bolʹšíje búkvy)capital letters
Slovak veľké písmeno
- veľké písmenocapital letters
Spanish mayúsculas, versales
- mayúsculascapital letters
- versalescapital letters
- capitalescapital letters
- caja altacapital letters
- titularescapital letters
Swedish versaler, stora bokstäver
- versalercapital letters
- stora bokstävercapital letters
Turkish büyük harf
- büyük harfcapital letters
Ukrainian заголо́вні лі́тери, вели́кі лі́тери
- заголо́вні лі́тери (zaholóvni lítery)capital letters
- вели́кі лі́тери (velýki lítery)capital letters
- ве́рхній регі́стр (vérxnij rehístr)capital letters
- заголо́вні бу́кви (zaholóvni búkvy)capital letters
Vietnamese chữ hoa
- chữ hoacapital letters
Cite this entry
APA
upper case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20case
MLA
“upper case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20case. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upper case,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upper%20case.
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