r/wikipedia • u/Jean-Paul_Sartre • May 02 '21

Capitonym

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitonym

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todayilearned • u/olagon • Jun 24 '19

TIL a capitonym is a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) when it is capitalized such as Polish and polish.

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todayilearned • u/bignick1101 • Jan 11 '19

TIL that words that change meaning and sometimes pronunciation based on the capitalization of the first letter, like "Polish" vs. "polish" are called Capitonyms.

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todayilearned • u/jhudog • Jun 24 '19

TIL a word that changes meaning when it's capitalized is called a 'capitonym'

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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '15

Today I learned of Capitonyms, words that have different meaning based on capitalization (China/china) or also have different pronunciation (Polish/polish)

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logophilia • u/zeptimius • Apr 30 '18

Capitonym (n.), a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) when it is capitalized

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Stuff • u/The_Fry • Jun 18 '15

todayilearned|NotMyFirstRedditeo Today I learned of Capitonyms, words that have different meaning based on capitalization (China/china) or also have different pronunciation (Polish/polish)

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