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.
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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"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.
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
The term "portmanteau" is a portmanteau itself, derived from the French words "porter" (to carry) and "manteau" (coat). It originally referred to a suitcase with two compartments, symbolizing the blending of two meanings into one word. In linguistics, it describes a word formed by combining parts of two different words, such as "brunch" (breakfast + lunch).
Prion is a portmanteau word of the two words protein and infection.
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."
No, "webcam" is not a portmanteau. A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of words where parts of multiple words are combined to create a new word with a single meaning. "Webcam" is a compound word, which is formed by combining two complete words, "web" and "camera," to create a new word with a combined meaning related to a camera connected to the internet for video communication.