minuscule
French, noun/mi.nys.kyl/
minuscule is spelled M-I-N-U-S-C-U-L-E (9 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minuscule is a French feminine noun meaning “a minuscule, a lower case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite lettre comme a, b, c, par opposition à la capitale, de plus grand format comme A, B, C”.
What does minuscule mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tiny, minute, minuscule
- 2
lowercase
noun
- 1
femininea minuscule, a lower case
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Très petit. 2. Sans importance. 3. Petite en parlant d’une lettre, par opposition à majuscule et capitale. 4. Qui utilise de petites lettres et non des capitales.
noun: 1. Petite lettre comme a, b, c, par opposition à la capitale, de plus grand format comme A, B, C. 2. Petite capitale, par opposition aux grandes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of minuscule
- minuscules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minuscule?
- /mi.nys.kyl/
- \mi.nys.kyl\
- [mi.nys.kyl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minuscule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minuscule in French?
minuscule appears 5.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).