- The word portmanteau (meaning a blend of words) was introduced by Lewis Caroll in the 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass.
- A portmanteau is a linguistic blend that occurs when the sounds, spellings and meanings of two words are combined to make a new one.
- ...starts this evening with singer/songwriter guitarist Sam Jefferson from 6-7pm followed by horn heavy, Funk, Soul, HipHop 9 piece Portmanteau from 9.30pm.
- A portmanteau is a large suitcase. The word comes from French porter "carry" and manteau "mantle, or cloak" — so it's what you carry your clothes in.
- Such a definition of "portmanteau word" overlaps with the grammatical term contraction, and linguists avoid using the former term in such cases.
- and hotel.[5] In linguistics, a portmanteau is a single morph that is analyzed as representing two (or more) underlying morphemes.[6][7][8][9].
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- The word “jackalope” is a portmanteau of “jackrabbit” and “antelope”, an archaic spelling of “antelope”.
- portmanteau — NOUN (pl. portmanteaus or portmanteaux) 1) a large travelling bag made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
- Humpty Dumpty'nin bir portmanteau gibi tek bir kelimeye sığdırılmış iki anlamı olan teorisi, bana herkes için doğru açıklama gibi görünüyor.