- explains to a confused Alice how two words can be packed. together, like compartments in a portmanteau suitcase: Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy”.
- Portmanteau - Portmanteau. Gezintiye atla Aramaya atla. Sesleri karıştıran ve diğer iki diğerinin anlamlarını birleştiren sözcük.
- Examples of portmanteau: Brunch – This word is a combination of “breakfast” and “lunch,” and refers to a meal that is eaten in the late morning or early afternoon.
- In linguistics, a portmanteau is a single morph that is analyzed as representing two (or more) underlying morphemes.
- the heroine is a portmanteau figure of all the virtues. Also called: portmantle. Collins English Dictionary.
- First, let's define portmanteau. A portmanteau word is a words that is made by combining two other words.
- A portmanteau is a linguistic blend that occurs when the sounds, spellings and meanings of two words are combined to make a new one.
- Tulkinghorn says nothing, but stands, ever, near the old portmanteau. "In the first place, here's an old portmanteau, sir," says Snagsby.
- The linguistic sense of portmanteau is a single-morpheme word that substitutes for (and functions grammatically as) two morphemes.
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