portmanteau word
A word which combines the meaning of two words, formed by combining the words,…A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
Meaning
1 sensesA word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
Kofferwort, Portmanteau, Portmanteau-Wort
словослия́ниеslovoslijánije, словостяже́ниеslovostjažénije, сло́во-бума́жникslóvo-bumážnik
контаміна́ціяkontaminácija
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
Examples
1 sentencesMy favorite Yiddish neologism is "faktazye" for science fiction, a portmanteau of the words for "fact" and "fantasy."
Translations
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Origin
First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, liFirst used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”).
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Forms
plural: portmanteau words| Singular | portmanteau word |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings:blendportmanteau
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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