- The term ‘portmanteau’ itself is a testament to this blending words phenomenon. It is derived from the French words for ‘to carry’ (porte) and ‘cloak’ (manteau).
- In Through a Looking-Glass (1871) he wrote: ‘You see, it’s like a portmanteau … there are two meanings packed up in the one word’.
- Coordinate blends (also called associative or portmanteau blends) combine two words having equal status, and have two heads.
- A portmanteau is a newly created word that results from combining two other words together. It should refer to a single concept, event, job, idea, event, etc.
- Today we’ll be talking about some portmanteau words. These are words that blend the sounds and combine the meanings of two other words.
- According to the OED's examples, Lewis Carroll may have invented the use of 'portmanteau' to mean a word made up of the elements of two or more...
- A portmanteau word is a type of compound word in which some sounds (phonemes) are blended rather than combined whole.
- A portmanteau word is made of two words combined together – the term itself originates from the French word portemanteau, combining porter (to carry) and...
- A portmanteau word is created by combining two existing words. ... You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.
- The word permaculture (British English /ˈpɜːməkʌltʃə(r)/; North American English /ˈpɜːrməkʌltʃər/) was coined in the 1970s, and it is a portmanteau word...