대문자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大文字.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)muɲt͡ɕ͈a̠] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)muɲt͡ɕ͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)문짜/데(ː)문짜]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daemunja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daemunja
McCune–Reischauer?taemuncha
Yale Romanization?tāymunqca

Noun

대문자 • (daemunja) (hanja 大文字)

  1. (orthography, typography) capital letter, upper case, majuscule
    Antonym: 소문자 (somunja, “lowercase letter”)
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