portmanteau wikipedia - EAS
- See moreSee all on Wikipedia
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau is a blend of words in which parts of multiple words are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel. In linguistics, a portmanteau is a single morph that is analyzed as representing two (or more) underlying … See more
The word portmanteau was introduced in this sense by Lewis Carroll in the book Through the Looking-Glass (1871), where Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the coinage of unusual words used in "Jabberwocky". … See more
Many neologisms are examples of blends, but many blends have become part of the lexicon. In Punch in 1896, the word brunch (breakfast + lunch) was introduced as a "portmanteau … See more
In linguistics, a blend is an amalgamation or fusion of independent lexemes, while a portmanteau or portmanteau morph is a single See more
Modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew abounds with blending. Along with CD, or simply דיסק (disk), Hebrew has the blend תקליטור (taklitór), which consists of תקליט (taklít, 'phonograph record') and אור (or, 'light'). Other blends in … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
- See more
Portmanteau - Wikipedia
Portmanteau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Continuing …
Portmanteau Wiki:Templates | Portmanteau Wiki | Fandom
- Some results have been removed