- Examples[change | change source]. Portmanteau itself is an example, combining the French words for carry (porter) and coat (manteau) into a coat carrier.
- ...motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend, portmanteau].
- A portmanteau word is a blended word formed by taking a part from two (or more) distinct words and putting them together to form a new word.
- A portmanteau word is created by combining two existing words. ... You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.
- A portmanteau word is made of other words, or parts of words. It comes from putting two (or more) other words together, like motel, from motor and hotel.
- This week's words diptych snake_eyes portmanteau zwieback dicephalous. ... You see it's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed up into one word."
- Tool to generate portmanteau words, these invented contractions of words used to convey a concept. Often used as a hashtag generator on social networks.
- 2. a two-compartment suitcase that has not been manufactured since the 1800s. 1. Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words "wienie" and "encyclopedia".
- Welcome to our Portmanteaus Page. A portmanteau is a blend of words, in which parts of multiple words are combined into a new word, for example smog, is a...
- Portmanteau refers to the linguistic blend of words in which multiple words and their meanings are combined together to form a new word.