"portmanteau word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: portmanteau words [plural]
Etymology: First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|portmanteau|id=luggage|t=a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge}} portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} portmanteau word (plural portmanteau words)
  1. (linguistics) 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. Wikipedia link: Lewis Carroll Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: amalgamation, blend, brunch word [dated], frankenword, portmanteau, portmantologism, telescope word Related terms: univerbation Translations (word which combines the meaning of two words): لَفْظٌ مَنْحُوت (lafẓun manḥūt) [masculine] (Arabic), مَزَاج (mazāj) [masculine] (Arabic), portmanteau (Basque), portmanteau hitza (Basque), кантаміна́цыя (kantaminácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), পিন্ডারিশব্দ (pinḍariśobdo) (Bengali), পিন্ডারি (pinḍari) (Bengali), ger-malizenn [masculine] (Breton), mot creuat [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᏑᏰ⁠ᎲᎯ (alt: asuye⁠hvhi) (Cherokee), 混成詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 混成词 (hùnchéngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), kontaminace [feminine] (Czech), křížení [neuter] (Czech), mísení [neuter] (Czech), splynulina [feminine] (Czech), portmanteau [neuter] (Danish), portmanteau-ord [neuter] (Danish), kofferwoord [neuter] (Dutch), vlechtwoord [neuter] (Dutch), porte-manteauwoord [neuter] (Dutch), versmelting [feminine] (Dutch), contaminatie [feminine] (Dutch), kofrovorto (Esperanto), sulandsõna (Estonian), koostesana (Finnish), sulautuma (Finnish), mot-valise [masculine] (French), amalgame [masculine] (French), Kofferwort [neuter] (German), Portmanteau [neuter] (German), Portmanteau-Wort [neuter] (German), Schachtelwort [neuter] (German), Kontamination [feminine] (German), Verschmelzung [feminine] (German), Wortkreuzung [feminine] (German), συμφυρμός (symfyrmós) [masculine] (Greek), הֶלְחֵם בְּסִיסִים (hɛlḥēm bəsīsīm) [masculine] (Hebrew), vegyülékszó (Hungarian), szóösszerántás (Hungarian), szóösszevonás (Hungarian), szóalakvegyülés (Hungarian), szóvegyülés (Hungarian), kontamináció (Hungarian), samrunaorð [neuter] (Icelandic), frakkaorð [neuter] (Icelandic), vort-ifar (Ido), lakuran (Indonesian), parola macedonia [feminine] (Italian), 鞄語 (kabango) (alt: かばんご) (Japanese), 混成語 (konseigo) (alt: こんせいご) (Japanese), біріккен сөздер (bırıkken sözder) (Kazakh), контаминация (kontaminasiä) (Kazakh), 혼성어 (honseong'eo) (Korean), kontaminācija [feminine] (Latvian), Portmanteau-Wuert [neuter] (Luxembourgish), Portemanteau-Wuert [neuter] (Luxembourgish), ചേർത്തുള്ള കൃത്രിമവാക്ക് (cēṟttuḷḷa kr̥trimavākk) (Malayalam), peyva hevedudanî (Northern Kurdish), sammentrukket ord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), teleskopord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), portmanteau-ord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), portemanteau [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), samantrekt ord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), portmanteau-ord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teleskopord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تکواژ مرکب (takvâž morakkab) (Persian), تکواژ چندوجهی (takvâž čandvojey) (Persian), آمیزهسازی (âmiz-hesâzi) (Persian), zbitka słowna [feminine] (Polish), zbitka wyrazowa [feminine] (Polish), skrzyżowanie wyrazów [neuter] (Polish), palavra-valise [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), amálgama [Portugal, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), siglonimização [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), cruzamento [masculine] (Portuguese), cuvânt telescopat [neuter] (Romanian), cuvânt telescopizat [neuter] (Romanian), cuvânt-valiză [neuter] (Romanian), словослия́ние (slovoslijánije) [neuter] (Russian), словостяже́ние (slovostjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), сло́во-бума́жник (slóvo-bumážnik) [masculine] (Russian), контамина́ция (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Russian), кова̀ница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kovànica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), compuesto acronímico [masculine] (Spanish), contracción [feminine] (Spanish), teleskopord [neuter] (Swedish), kontamination [common-gender] (Swedish), คำผสม (kam-pà-sǒm) (Thai), คำสนธิ (kam-sǒn-tí) (Thai), สมาส (of compounds of Pali and Sanskrit loanwords) (Thai), birleşik kelime (Turkish), birleşik sözcük (Turkish), контаміна́ція (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), امیختہ (Urdu), từ kết hợp (Vietnamese), spotchî aplacaedje [neuter] (Walloon), cyfansoddair cywasgedig [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ger-malizenn"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "mot creuat"
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        {
          "alt": "asuye⁠hvhi",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "ᎠᏑᏰ⁠ᎲᎯ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hùnchéngcí",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kontaminace"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "křížení"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mísení"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "splynulina"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
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          "code": "da",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
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          ],
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "versmelting"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "contaminatie"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "kofrovorto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "sulandsõna"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "koostesana"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "sulautuma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mot-valise"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amalgame"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kofferwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Portmanteau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Portmanteau-Wort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schachtelwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kontamination"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verschmelzung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wortkreuzung"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symfyrmós",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "συμφυρμός"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hɛlḥēm bəsīsīm",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הֶלְחֵם בְּסִיסִים"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "vegyülékszó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "szóösszerántás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "szóösszevonás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "szóalakvegyülés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "szóvegyülés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "kontamináció"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "samrunaorð"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "frakkaorð"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "vort-ifar"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "lakuran"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "parola macedonia"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かばんご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kabango",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "鞄語"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こんせいご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konseigo",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "混成語"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bırıkken sözder",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "біріккен сөздер"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kontaminasiä",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "контаминация"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "honseong'eo",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "혼성어"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "peyva hevedudanî"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kontaminācija"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Portmanteau-Wuert"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Portemanteau-Wuert"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cēṟttuḷḷa kr̥trimavākk",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "ചേർത്തുള്ള കൃത്രിമവാക്ക്"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sammentrukket ord"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "teleskopord"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "portmanteau-ord"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "portemanteau"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "samantrekt ord"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "portmanteau-ord"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "teleskopord"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "takvâž morakkab",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "تکواژ مرکب"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "takvâž čandvojey",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "تکواژ چندوجهی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âmiz-hesâzi",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "آمیزهسازی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zbitka słowna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zbitka wyrazowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrzyżowanie wyrazów"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palavra-valise"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amálgama"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "siglonimização"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cruzamento"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cuvânt telescopat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cuvânt telescopizat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cuvânt-valiză"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slovoslijánije",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "словослия́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slovostjažénije",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "словостяже́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slóvo-bumážnik",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сло́во-бума́жник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kontaminácija",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "контамина́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кова̀ница"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kovànica"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compuesto acronímico"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contracción"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "teleskopord"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kontamination"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kam-pà-sǒm",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "คำผสม"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kam-sǒn-tí",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "คำสนธิ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "of compounds of Pali and Sanskrit loanwords",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "สมาส"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "birleşik kelime"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "birleşik sözcük"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kontaminácija",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "контаміна́ція"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "امیختہ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "word": "từ kết hợp"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "spotchî aplacaedje"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cyfansoddair cywasgedig"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Lewis Carroll"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "portmanteau word"
}
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      "args": {
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        "2": "portmanteau",
        "id": "luggage",
        "t": "a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "portmanteau words",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Requests for gender in Urdu entries",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10",
          "text": "One reason for the popularity of portmanteau words in naming language hybrids may be the fact that the names themselves embody a type of hybridity.",
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        }
      ],
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        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(linguistics) 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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amalgamation"
        },
        {
          "word": "blend"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "brunch word"
        },
        {
          "word": "frankenword"
        },
        {
          "word": "portmanteau"
        },
        {
          "word": "portmantologism"
        },
        {
          "word": "telescope word"
        }
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Lewis Carroll"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lafẓun manḥūt",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لَفْظٌ مَنْحُوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mazāj",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَزَاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "portmanteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "portmanteau hitza"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kantaminácyja",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кантаміна́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pinḍariśobdo",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "পিন্ডারিশব্দ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pinḍari",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "পিন্ডারি"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ger-malizenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mot creuat"
    },
    {
      "alt": "asuye⁠hvhi",
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "ᎠᏑᏰ⁠ᎲᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "混成詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùnchéngcí",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "混成词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kontaminace"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "křížení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mísení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "splynulina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portmanteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portmanteau-ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kofferwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlechtwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porte-manteauwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "versmelting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contaminatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "kofrovorto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "sulandsõna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "koostesana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "sulautuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mot-valise"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amalgame"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kofferwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portmanteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portmanteau-Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schachtelwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kontamination"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschmelzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wortkreuzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symfyrmós",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συμφυρμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hɛlḥēm bəsīsīm",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הֶלְחֵם בְּסִיסִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "vegyülékszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "szóösszerántás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "szóösszevonás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "szóalakvegyülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "szóvegyülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "kontamináció"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samrunaorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "frakkaorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "vort-ifar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "lakuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parola macedonia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かばんご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kabango",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "鞄語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんせいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konseigo",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "混成語"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bırıkken sözder",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "біріккен сөздер"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kontaminasiä",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "контаминация"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "honseong'eo",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "혼성어"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "peyva hevedudanî"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kontaminācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portmanteau-Wuert"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portemanteau-Wuert"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cēṟttuḷḷa kr̥trimavākk",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "ചേർത്തുള്ള കൃത്രിമവാക്ക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sammentrukket ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teleskopord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portmanteau-ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portemanteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samantrekt ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portmanteau-ord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teleskopord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "takvâž morakkab",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "تکواژ مرکب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "takvâž čandvojey",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "تکواژ چندوجهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âmiz-hesâzi",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "آمیزهسازی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zbitka słowna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zbitka wyrazowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrzyżowanie wyrazów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palavra-valise"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amálgama"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siglonimização"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cruzamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuvânt telescopat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuvânt telescopizat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuvânt-valiză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovoslijánije",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "словослия́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovostjažénije",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "словостяже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slóvo-bumážnik",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сло́во-бума́жник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontaminácija",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "контамина́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кова̀ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kovànica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compuesto acronímico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contracción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teleskopord"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kontamination"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kam-pà-sǒm",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "คำผสม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kam-sǒn-tí",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "คำสนธิ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "of compounds of Pali and Sanskrit loanwords",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "สมาส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "birleşik kelime"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "birleşik sözcük"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontaminácija",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "контаміна́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "امیختہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "word": "từ kết hợp"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spotchî aplacaedje"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word which combines the meaning of two words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyfansoddair cywasgedig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "portmanteau word"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sà-màat vs. of compounds of Pali and Sanskrit loanwords",
  "path": [
    "portmanteau word"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "portmanteau word",
  "trace": ""
}

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