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English
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Alternative spellings
sense|travelling case portmantua
Etymology
From F. term|portemanteau|langfr, literally term|porte||carry + term|manteau|langfr||coat
Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/p��t�mæn.t��/, SAMPA|/pO:t"m{nt@U/
a|US enPR|pôrt'm�nt�, IPA|/p��rt�mænto�/, SAMPA|/pO:rt"m{ntou/
audio|en-us-portmanteau-1.ogg|Audio 1 (US)
audio|en-us-portmanteau-2.ogg|Audio 2 (US)
Noun
en-noun|pl2=portmanteaux
- A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
#*1667, Charles Croke, Fortune's Uncertainty:
#*: Rodolphus therefore finding such an earnest Invitation, embrac'd it with thanks, and with his Servant and Portmanteau, went to Don Juan's; where they first found good Stabling for their Horses, and afterwards as good Provision for themselves.
- linguistics A portmanteau word.
#* 1872, Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass, the first usage in this sense:
#*: 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.
Synonyms
sense|portmanteau word blend, frankenword, portmanteau word
Translations
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Arabic: t-|ar|ØÙ�Ù�بة سÙ�ر|sc=Arab
Breton: mal f, malizenn f
Bulgarian: гол�м кожен к��а� m
Dutch: t+|nl|koffer|f, t-|nl|valies|f
Finnish: t-|fi|matkalaukku
French: t+|fr|portemanteau|m, t+|fr|valise|f, t+|fr|malle|f
German: t+|de|Koffer|m
Interlingua: valise#Interlingua|valise
trans-mid
Persian: ��دا� (Chamedan)
Portuguese: t-|pt|maleta|f, t-|pt|valise|f
Polish: t-|pl|waliza|f
Russian: t-|ru|�емодан|m|tr�emodan|scCyrl, до�ожна� ��мка f
Spanish: t+|es|maleta|f, t-|es|valija|f
Vietnamese: t+|vi|va li|xs=Vietnamese
trans-bottom
portmanteau word
See portmanteau word
Adjective
en-adj|-
- context|used only before a noun|of a word, story, etc. Made by combining two words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
Quotations
2002, Nicholas Lezard, Spooky tales by the master and friends in The Guardian (London) (December 14, 2002) page 30:
2002, Nick Bradshaw, One day in September in Time Out (December 11, 2002) Page 71:
Derived terms
portmanteau film
portmanteau word
See also
:Category:Portmanteaus|List of portmanteau words defined in Wiktionary
w:Portmanteau|Wikipedia article on portmanteaus (cases and words)
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