different between portmanteau vs bahut

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)

1. A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
2. (Australia, dated) A schoolbag.
3. (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)

1. (attributive, linguistics) Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.

Noun

portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux)

1. (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)

1. To make a portmanteau word.

See also

• List of portmanteau words defined in Wiktionary
• Wikipedia article on portmanteaus (cases and words)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bahut, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??h?t/, /b??hu?t/

Noun

bahut (plural bahuts)

1. (obsolete) A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
2. (obsolete, architecture) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.

Usage notes

Towards the end of the 17th century, the name fell into disuse and was replaced by coffer, which probably accounts for its misuse by the French romantic writers of the early 19th century. They applied it to almost any antique sideboard, cupboard or wardrobe, and its use became hopelessly confused.

References

• Bahut in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• thaub

French

Etymology

From Old French bahur. Further origin unknown, most hypotheses being weak in one respect or another (cf. Further reading below). Bratchet suggests Middle High German behut (“hutch for provisions”) or Frankish *bagh?di, *bagh?di (“sideboard”), from Proto-Germanic *bagg- (possibly related to Old Norse baggi, Proto-Germanic *pakkô) + *h?diz (“hide, protection”).

Compare Italian baule, Ladino baul, Portuguese baú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.y/

Noun

bahut m (plural bahuts)

1. chest; sideboard
2. (school slang) school
3. (colloquial) lorry, truck; (taxi) cab

Further reading

• “bahut” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

References