portmanteau word

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von portmanteau word im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

bileşik kelime (brunch vb.)

iki kelimeden oluşmuş sözcük

bileşik kelime

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von portmanteau word im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog

A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort. a portmanteau word is made by combining the sound and meaning of two other words, for example 'edutainment' combines 'education' and 'entertainment'

Relevante Übersetzungen

word-self">portmanteau words

plural form of portmanteau word

word-self">portmanteau-word

Attributive form of portmanteau word, noun

A word-self">portmanteau word

portmanteau

Silbentrennung

port·man·teau word

Synonyme

blend, frankenword, portmanteau, amalgamation, blendword, compound, counterword, merged word, portmantologism, telescope word

Etymologie

() Coined by Lewis Carroll in 1872, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge). : 'Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy.” “Lithe” is the same as “active”. You see it’s like a portmanteau–there are two meanings packed up into one word.' Through The Looking Glass (Chapter VI. Humpty Dumpty)