portmanteau – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
portmanteau
n.
suitcase, chest, trunk; word or morpheme formed from two other separate units (e.g. smog, formed from 'smoke' and 'fog')
Portmanteau
A
portmanteau (, ; plural
portmanteaus or
portmanteaux ) or
portmanteau word is a
linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple
words, or their
phones (sounds), and their meanings are combined into a new word. Originally, the word "portmanteau" refers to a
suitcase that opens into two equal sections.
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
Portmanteau
(n.)
A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
portmanteau
portmanteau /pɔ:t'mæntou/- danh từ, số nhiều portmanteaus /pɔ:t'mæntouz/, portmanteaux /pɔ:t'mæntouz/
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