Learned borrowing fromLatinminusculus.

• Rhymes:(Brazil)-uskulu,(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro)-uʃkulu
• Hyphenation:mi‧nús‧cu‧lo

minúsculo (feminineminúscula,masculine pluralminúsculos,feminine pluralminúsculas)

1. minute;minuscule;tiny(very small)

   Synonym:diminuto

2. (orthography)minuscule;lower-case(written in minuscules)

   Antonym:maiúsculo

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:minúsculo.

• “minúsculo”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “minúsculo”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

FromLatinminusculus, fromminus(“less”) +‎-culus(diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /miˈnuskulo/[miˈnus.ku.lo]
• Rhymes:-uskulo
• Syllabification:mi‧nús‧cu‧lo

minúsculo (feminineminúscula,masculine pluralminúsculos,feminine pluralminúsculas)

1. minute;minuscule;tiny(very small)

   Synonym:diminuto

2. (orthography)lower case(of a letter)

   Antonym:mayúsculo

• “minúsculo”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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