capitalisation
/ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.47 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week."
- "The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German."
- "Race is a flawed concept to begin with, and while the capitalisation of the “b” assuages race politics, it also validates race politics."
- "Frequent, sometimes unexpected capitalisations are customary in Dickinson’s writing, and here they gain additional nuance."
- "[...] apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it [...]"
- "His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"..."
Etymology
Etymology tree English capitalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalisation From capitalise + -ation.