What does majuscule in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word majuscule in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use majuscule in French.
The word majuscule in French means capital, capital letter, capital, capital letter, upper-case letter. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word majuscule
capital, capital letternom féminin (lettre capitale) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les noms propres commencent par une majuscule. En allemand, les substantifs prennent une majuscule. In German, all nouns take an uppercase letter. |
capitaladjectif (caractère plus grand) (letter) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") On commence une phrase par une lettre majuscule. "de Gaulle" s'écrit avec un d minuscule et un g majuscule. The name "de Gaulle" is spelled with a lowercase d and an uppercase g. |
capital letter, upper-case letternom féminin (lettre de plus grande taille) (printing) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La lettre majuscule est une lettre de plus grande taille que les autres lettres (minuscules), qui s'emploie au début d'un mot, soit pour signaler qu'il s'agit d'un nom propre, soit pour marquer le début d'une phrase. A capital (or: upper-case) letter is a letter that is larger than the others ("lower-case" letters); it is used at the beginning of a word either to indicate that the word is a proper noun or to indicate that the word marks the beginning of a sentence. |
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