- Portmanteau’s words sound and mean the same way as the original words do. In our vocabulary, we usually come across many such Portmanteau words.
- Portmanteau. A combination of two (or more) words into one new word, fusing both the sounds and the meanings of its components. (Motor + Hotel= Motel).
- For instance, starfish is a compound, not a portmanteau, of star and fish; whereas a hypothetical portmanteau of star and fish might be stish.
- Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice that "Well, "slithy" means lithe and slimy ... You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word".
- The word Portmanteau is derived from the French word portmanteau , combined from porter (to carry) and manteau (mantle).
- A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two or more words, often with different meanings, to create a new word.
- A portmanteau is a word formed by combining two or more elements of other words. In linguistic terms, these words are known as blend words .
- Lewis Caroll gets credit for the linguistic term portmanteau. In his Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty explains the poem “Jabberwocky” to Alice
- Portmanteau, birden fazla kelimenin ve anlamlarının yeni bir kelime oluşturmak için bir araya getirildiği kelimelerin dilsel karışımını ifade eder.
- English Portmanteau Words. Have you ever felt so hungry that it made you angry? We call that feeling hangry in English!