"portmanteau word" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \pɔɹt.ˈmæn.toʊ ˌwɝd\, \pɔːt.ˈmæn.təʊ ˌwɜːd\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-portmanteau word.wav Forms: portmanteau words [plural]
  1. Mot-valise.
    Sense id: fr-portmanteau_word-en-noun-N3hgF95- Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais de la linguistique Topics: linguistic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blend, portmanteau

Inflected forms

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