capital letter
Sentence starter symbol
A capital letter is the larger form of an alphabetic character, used at the beginning of sentences and proper names: The capital letters in her name are J, S, and B.
Also called uppercase, from the compositor's type case where these letters were stored in the upper compartment.
- majusculeUppercase letter form
- uppercaseCapital letter form
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- capCovering for top
- initialName's opening letter
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- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- Medieval Writingthorn, runic script, insular script, blackletter, scribe
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
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