- A note by the owner of the volume explains the word as a combination of tomahawk and axe: "It is a portmanteau word, which must have been as clear to the...
- 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.
- Portmanteau, on the other hand, shares the same semantic features. For example, the word “brunch” is formed by splicing two words “breakfast” and “lunch.”
- 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 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.
- Interestingly, the word portmanteau itself is also a blend of two different words: porter (to carry) and manteau (a cloak). Here are some interesting examples
- Below is a massive list of portmanteau words - that is, words related to portmanteau. The top 4 are: neologism, blend, pun and portmanteau word.
- Coordinate blends (also called associative or portmanteau blends) combine two words having equal status, and have two heads.
- A portmanteau word is a blend of two or more words, or parts of words, that expresses the combined meaning of those 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...