Phrase guide

Caps Lock

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: kăps lŏk
  • UK: /kæps lɒk/
  • US:

1

noun

Meaning 1

An input mode in which all letters of bicameral scripts are generated in capital letters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Please check if Caps Lock is on when typing your password.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A lock key on a computer keyboard that activates this mode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

All caps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Caps Lock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: caps lock — input mode
  • Finnish: aakkoslukko — input mode
  • Icelandic: hástafalás — input mode
  • Russian: капсло́к (kapslók) — input mode
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大寫鎖定 /大写锁定 (dàxiě suǒdìng) — lock key on a keyboard
  • Danish: skiftenøgle — lock key on a keyboard
  • Finnish: caps lock — lock key on a keyboard
  • Finnish: kirjainten lukitusnäppäin — lock key on a keyboard
  • Finnish: lukitusnäppäin — lock key on a keyboard
  • French: verrouillage majuscule — lock key on a keyboard
  • German: Feststelltaste — lock key on a keyboard
  • Hungarian: nagybetűzár — lock key on a keyboard
  • Hungarian: nagybetűbillentyű — lock key on a keyboard
  • Hungarian: Caps Lock — lock key on a keyboard
  • Icelandic: hástafalás — lock key on a keyboard
  • Korean: 눌림쇠 (nullimsoe) — lock key on a keyboard
  • Portuguese: caps lock — lock key on a keyboard
  • Portuguese: trava-maiúsculas — lock key on a keyboard
  • Portuguese: bloqueio de maiúsculas — lock key on a keyboard
  • Russian: капсло́к (kapslók) — lock key on a keyboard
  • Spanish: Bloq Mayús — lock key on a keyboard
  • Spanish: tecla bloq mayús — lock key on a keyboard
  • Swedish: skiftlås — lock key on a keyboard
  • Swedish: caps lock — lock key on a keyboard
  • Swedish: versallås — lock key on a keyboard