lower case

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Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: minúscules — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Chinese Mandarin: 小寫 /小写 (xiǎoxiě) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Chinese Mandarin: 小寫字母 /小写字母 (xiǎoxiě zìmǔ) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Danish: små bogstaver — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Dutch: kleine letters — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Dutch: klein schrift — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Dutch: kleinschrift (cf. grootschrift) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Dutch: onderkast — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Dutch: onderkastletters — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Esperanto: minusklaro — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Esperanto: minuskloj — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Finnish: gemena — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Finnish: pienaakkonen — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Finnish: pieni kirjain — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• French: minuscules — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• French: bas-de-casse — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• French: bas de casse — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Georgian: ქვედა რეგისტრი (kveda regisṭri) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Georgian: მცირე ასოები (mcire asoebi) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Georgian: პატარა ასოები (ṗaṭara asoebi) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Georgian: ნუსხური (nusxuri) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• German: Kleinschrift — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• German: Kleinschreibung — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• German: Kleinbuchstaben — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• German: gemeine Buchstaben — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• German: Gemeinbuchstaben — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Hungarian: kisbetű — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Hungarian: minuszkula — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Icelandic: litlir stafir — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Irish: cás íochtair — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Italian: minuscoli — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Japanese: 小文字 (komoji) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Korean: 소문자 (somunja) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Manx: lettryn beggey — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Māori: pūriki — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Portuguese: minúscules — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Russian: стро́чные бу́квы (stróčnyje búkvy) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Russian: ни́жний реги́стр (nížnij regístr) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Russian: минуску́л (minuskúl) — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Spanish: minúsculas — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Spanish: caja baja — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Swedish: gemener — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Swedish: små bokstäver — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Volapük: minudem — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
• Volapük: minuds — lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)