- In linguistics, a blend—also
known as a
blend word,
lexical blend, or
portmanteau—is a word
formed by
combining the meanings, and
parts of the sounds,...
- A
portmanteau is a
piece of luggage,
usually made of
leather and
opening into two
equal parts. Some are large, upright, and
hinged at the back and enable...
- Look up
portmanteau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
portmanteau is a word or
morpheme whose form and
meaning are
derived from a
blending of two...
-
Wiktionary has a
category on
English blends. This is a
selection of
portmanteau words. globster, from glob and
lobster Hvaldimir, from
Norwegian hval...
- A
portmanteau test is a type of
statistical hypothesis test in
which the null
hypothesis is well specified, but the
alternative hypothesis is more loosely...
- An
anthology film (also
known as an
omnibus film or a
portmanteau film) is a
single film
consisting of
three or more
shorter films, each
complete in itself...
- This is a list of
geographic portmanteaus.
Portmanteaus (also
called blends) are
names constructed by
combining elements of two, or
occasionally more,...
- PMID 26733894. The term "
portmanteau" is
supposed to
refer to "blends"
originally (e.g., "smog" that is
blended from "smoke" and "fog").
Portmanteau constructions...
-
Thylamys is a
genus of
opossums in the
family Didelphidae. The
premaxillae are
rounded rather than pointed. The
females lack a pouch. The females' nipples...
- A
portmanteau inhibitor is a drug that is a
combination of two drug molecules, each of
which is
itself a type of inhibitor. The term was
coined in 2007...
