- A portmanteau (also called a blend) is a literary device in which two or more words are joined together by merging or dropping some letters and sounds.
- The word permaculture (British English /ˈpɜːməkʌltʃə(r)/; North American English /ˈpɜːrməkʌltʃər/) was coined in the 1970s, and it is a portmanteau word...
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- 1 What are portmanteau words give examples?
- 2 How do you say the word portmanteau?
- So many of the words created our dozens of neologism contests over the decades are portmanteau words, the combination of two words.
- Examples[change | change source]. Portmanteau itself is an example, combining the French words for carry (porter) and coat (manteau) into a coat carrier.
- portmanteau word (linguistics), a word composed of parts of two or more words, such as chortle from chuckle and snort and motel from motor and hotel.
- Portmanteau words offer a quick way of forming new words that are easily understood by virtually everybody.
- 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
- portmanteau word in American English. a coined word that is a combination of two other words in form and meaning; blend (Ex.: smog, from smoke and fog).
- Portmanteau word "word blending the sound of two different words" (1882) was coined by "Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson, 1832-1898) for the sort of words...