- Similarly, a portmanteau word is formed when two words are amalgamated and morphed to create a new word, similar to packing two words in a suitcase.
- The word permaculture (British English /ˈpɜːməkʌltʃə(r)/; North American English /ˈpɜːrməkʌltʃər/) was coined in the 1970s, and it is a portmanteau word...
- Portmanteau refers to the linguistic blend of words in which multiple words and their meanings are combined together to form a new word.
- Portmanteau words can help in reducing your word count when you realise that you’re just a few words over your word limit.
- Incidentally, the original French word "portemanteau" is a portmanteau. "Porte" means carries and "manteau" means coat, so a portemanteau is something that...
- In both smog and spork, the two words used to form the portmanteau help describe the new word, which is a quality of portmanteaus.
- E.g. could not = couldn’t, do not = don’t. In case of portmanteau words, two different words are related to form a new word with a new concept.
- Many crosses can be described by more than one portmanteau word; since they are not breeds, any portmanteau word the owner or breeder wishes may be used.
- Players think of portmanteau words and then challenge each other to identify their origins by naming the two words which are blended to create it.
- Examples[change | change source]. Portmanteau itself is an example, combining the French words for carry (porter) and coat (manteau) into a coat carrier.