capitonym

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

capital +‎ -onym

Noun[edit]

capitonym (plural capitonyms)

  1. (linguistics) A word that changes meaning when the case is changed; a case-sensitive word.
    Polish and polish are capitonyms.

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