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Synonyms for portmanteau word
port·man·teau word
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portmanteau wordnoun
Synonyms:
amalgamation, portmanteau, blend, frankenwordportmanteau wordnoun
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.
Synonyms:
amalgamation, portmanteau, frankenword, blend
Princeton's WordNet
blend, portmanteau word, portmanteaunoun
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"
Synonyms:
blending, blend, portmanteau
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #6322 | blend | |
| #17714 | blending | |
| #38909 | amalgamation | |
| #128263 | portmanteau |
Translations for portmanteau word
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- كلمة منحوتة من كلمتينArabic
- portmanteauDanish
- Portmanteau, KofferwortGerman
- σύμμειγμαGreek
- palabra baúl, contracciónSpanish
- sulautumaFinnish
- mot-valiseFrench
- vegyülékszóHungarian
- vort-ifarIdo
- samrunaorð, frakkaorðIcelandic
- かばん語, 混成語Japanese
- sammentrukket ord, portemanteau, portmanteau-ord, teleskopordNorwegian
- mengwoordDutch
- samantrekt ord, teleskopord, portmanteau-ordNorwegian Nynorsk
- palavra-valisePortuguese
- словослияниеRussian
- кованицаSerbo-Croatian
- teleskopordSwedish
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