different between frankenword vs portmanteau
frankenword
English
Etymology
franken- +? word
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?æ?kn??w??(?)d/
- (US) enPR: fr?ngk?(?)n-wûrd', IPA(key): /?f?æ?k(?)n?w?d/
Noun
frankenword (plural frankenwords)
- (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
Alternative forms
- Frankenword
Synonyms
- blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word
Related terms
- frankenfish
- frankenfood
- Frankenstein
Translations
frankenword From the web:
portmanteau
English
Alternative forms
- (travelling case): portmantua
- (schoolbag): (shortening) port, (shortening) school port
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??t?mæn.t??/
- (US) enPR: pôrtm?'nt?, pô'rtm?nt??, IPA(key): /p???t?mænto?/, /?p???tmæn?to?/
Etymology 1
French portemanteau (“coat stand”), from porte (“carry”) + manteau (“coat”).
Noun
portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux)
- A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
- (Australia, dated) A schoolbag.
- (archaic) A hook on which to hang clothing.
Translations
Etymology 2
First used by Lewis Carroll in Through The Looking Glass to describe the words he coined in Jabberwocky.
Adjective
portmanteau (not comparable)
- (attributive, linguistics) Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
Noun
portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux)
- (linguistics) A portmanteau word.
- Synonyms: blend, frankenword, portmanteau word
Translations
Derived terms
- portmanteau film
- portmanteau word
Verb
portmanteau (third-person singular simple present portmanteaus, present participle portmanteauing, simple past and past participle portmanteaued)
- To make a portmanteau word.
See also
- List of portmanteau words defined in Wiktionary
- Wikipedia article on portmanteaus (cases and words)
portmanteau From the web:
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- what are portmanteau words
- what does portmanteau mean in english
- what does portmanteau
- what does portmanteau mean in french
- what is portmanteau morpheme
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