upper case

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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.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: majúscules — capital letters
• Chinese Mandarin: 大寫 /大写 (dàxiě) — capital letters
• Chinese Mandarin: 大寫字母 /大写字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ) — capital letters
• Danish: store bogstaver — capital letters
• Esperanto: majusklaro — capital letters
• Esperanto: majuskloj — capital letters
• Finnish: versaali — capital letters
• Finnish: suuraakkoset — capital letters
• Finnish: isot kirjaimet — capital letters
• French: majuscules — capital letters
• French: haut-de-casse — capital letters
• German: Großbuchstaben — capital letters
• German: Großschreibung — capital letters
• German: Majuskeln — capital letters
• German: Versalien — capital letters
• German: Versalbuchstaben — capital letters
• German: Kapitalbuchstaben — capital letters
• Greek: κεφαλαία (kefalaía) — capital letters
• Icelandic: stórir stafir — capital letters
• Irish: cás uachtair — capital letters
• Italian: maiuscoli — capital letters
• Italian: lettere maiuscole — capital letters
• Italian: caratteri maiuscoli — capital letters
• Japanese: 大文字 (ōmoji) — capital letters
• Korean: 대문자 (daemunja) — capital letters
• Latvian: lielie burti — capital letters
• Māori: pūmatua — capital letters
• Polish: wersaliki — capital letters
• Polish: majuskuły — capital letters
• Polish: wielkie litery — capital letters
• Portuguese: maiúsculas — capital letters
• Portuguese: caixas-altas — capital letters
• Romanian: litere mari — capital letters
• Romanian: majuscule — capital letters
• Russian: прописны́е бу́квы (propisnýje búkvy) — capital letters
• Russian: загла́вные бу́квы (zaglávnyje búkvy) — capital letters
• Russian: ве́рхний реги́стр (vérxnij regístr) — capital letters
• Spanish: mayúsculas — capital letters
• Spanish: versales — capital letters
• Spanish: capitales — capital letters
• Spanish: caja alta — capital letters
• Spanish: titulares — capital letters
• Swedish: versaler — capital letters
• Swedish: stora bokstäver — capital letters