portmanteau
n. suitcase, chest, trunk; word or morpheme formed from two other separate units (e.g. smog, formed from 'smoke' and 'fog') | ||||
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Portmanteau Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Portmanteau
(n.)
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
(n.)
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
| WordNet 2.0 |
portmanteau
Noun
1. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
(synonym) blend, portmanteau word
(hypernym) neologism, neology, coinage
(class) motel
2. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
(synonym) Gladstone, Gladstone bag
(hypernym) bag, traveling bag, grip, suitcase
Noun
1. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
(synonym) blend, portmanteau word
(hypernym) neologism, neology, coinage
(class) motel
2. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
(synonym) Gladstone, Gladstone bag
(hypernym) bag, traveling bag, grip, suitcase
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
Portmanteau
1.A large suitcase for carrying clothes in while traveling; a servant who carries one's clothes while traveling.
2.a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)
1.A large suitcase for carrying clothes in while traveling; a servant who carries one's clothes while traveling.
2.a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)
| hEnglish - advanced version |
portmanteau
portmanteau
\port*man"teau\ (?), n.; pl. portmanteaus (#). [f. porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. see port to carry, and mantle.] a bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
portmanteau
n
1. a word formed by joining two others (e.g., `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog') [syn: blend, portmanteau word]
2. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather [syn: gladstone, gladstone bag, gladstone, gladstone bag]
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portmanteau word
portmanteau
\port*man"teau\ (?), n.; pl. portmanteaus (#). [f. porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. see port to carry, and mantle.] a bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
portmanteau
n
1. a word formed by joining two others (e.g., `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog') [syn: blend, portmanteau word]
2. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather [syn: gladstone, gladstone bag, gladstone, gladstone bag]
similar words(1)
portmanteau word
Portmanteau Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Portmanteau
A portmanteau is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. A folk usage of portmanteau refers to a word formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words (e.g., spork from spoon and fork, animatronics from animated and electronics, ginormous from gigantic and enormous, or blaxploitation from black and exploitation or guesstimate from guess and estimate). Typically, portmanteaux are nonce words or neologisms - in recent years, the practice of creating them has become known as "smushing" or "smooshing", and can often be seen playing an active minor role in some online media discussion. Portmanteaux are commonly used in science fiction for a wide variety of technical words, such as cyborg from cybernetic and organism.
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