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adj
Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: blend
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: portmanteau word, blend, blend word, lexical blend, amalgamation, brunch word, frankenword, portmantologism, telescope word
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A portmanteau film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A schoolbag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, dated
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Synonyms: port, school port
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noun
A hook on which to hang clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
To create a portmanteau word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: blend
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noun
a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gladstone, Gladstone bag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase
noun
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blend, portmanteau word
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neologism, neology, coinage
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh2 Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh2 Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Middle French porte Latin mantellum Middle French manteau Middle French portemanteaubor. English portmanteau From Middle French portemanteau (“coat stand”), from porte (“he carries”, third-person singular present indicative of porter (“to carry”)) + manteau (“coat”), literally “[that which] carries coat”. The lexical sense (sense 2) was first used figuratively by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871) to describe the words he coined in the poem “Jabberwocky”, based on the concept of two words packed together, similar to a portmanteau (sense 1). Sense 3 (“portmanteau film”) is derived from this.
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
