portmanteau
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- (travelling case): portmantua
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/, SAMPA: /pO:t"m{nt@U/
- (US) enPR: pôrt'măntō, IPA: /pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/, SAMPA: /pO:rt"m{ntou/
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[edit] Etymology 1
From French portemanteau, literally porte (“carry”) + manteau (“coat”)
[edit] Noun
portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or 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.
- 1667, Charles Croke, Fortune's Uncertainty:
- (Australian, dated) A school bag; often shortened to port or school port
[edit] Translations
case
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[edit] Etymology 2
Coined by Lewis Carroll in Through The Looking Glass to describe the words he coined in Jabberwocky.
[edit] Noun
portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux)
- (linguistics) A portmanteau word.
- 1872, Lewis Carroll, Through The Looking Glass (Chapter VI. Humpty Dumpty), the first usage in this sense:
[edit] Synonyms
- (portmanteau word): blend, frankenword, portmanteau word
[edit] Translations
portmanteau word — see portmanteau word
[edit] Adjective
portmanteau (not comparable)
- (used only before a noun, of a word, story, etc.) Made by combining two words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
- 2002, Nicholas Lezard, Spooky tales by the master and friends in The Guardian (London) (December 14, 2002) page 30:
- The overall narrator of this portmanteau story - for Dickens co-wrote it with five collaborators on his weekly periodical, All the Year Round - expresses deep, rational scepticism about the whole business of haunting.
- 2002, Nick Bradshaw, One day in September in Time Out (December 11, 2002) Page 71:
- We're so bombarded with images, it's a struggle to preserve our imaginations.' In response, he's turned to cinema, commissioning 11 film-makers to contribute to a portmanteau film, entitled '11'09"01' and composed of short films each running 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame.
- 2002, Nicholas Lezard, Spooky tales by the master and friends in The Guardian (London) (December 14, 2002) page 30:
