Examples are:
liger (lion crossbred with tiger)
smog (smoke and fog)
spork (spoon and fork)
flour\ flower i don't really know can you give me some examples
A portmanteau blends two words (or parts of two words) into a new word. Some examples are... "Spork" combines spoon & fork "Usenet" combines user & network
A portmanteau is a large suitcase. By extension, a portmanteau word is one that packs two meanings into one word: brunch (breakfast and lunch); smog (smoke and fog); slithy (slippery and lithe); slanguage (slang and language) Portmanteau words are also called "blend words" and "telescope words."
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They are what some people call portmanteau words, i.e. words made by combining parts of two or more other words. Smog = smoke and fog; brunch = breakfast and lunch, and so on. "Portmanteau word" is a term inspired by Lewis Carroll. When Humpty Dumpty is explaining "Jabberwocky" to Alice, he says that words like "slithy" are "like a portmanteau: there are two meanings packed up in one word."
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"Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "American" and "track".
A portmanteau of French and German is sometimes called "Franglais" or "Französisch." It refers to a combination of words, phrases, or elements from both languages.
It seems so obvious. No wish to be rude but I would think in fact totally believe if you put "portmanteau words" into Google you'll get heaps of opportunities. It seems so obvious. No wish to be rude but I would think in fact totally believe if you put "portmanteau words" into Google you'll get heaps of opportunities.
The word velcro is a portmanteau of the words "velours" and "crochet".
Yes, because it is made up of two words. Which two words I do not know