Origin: French suffix -eau
Portmanteau has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
"`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"
"`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"
"`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
A portmanteau word.
To make a portmanteau word.
Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
The word portmanteau comes from the Middle French phrase portemanteau, which literally means "coat carrier." It originally referred to a stand used to hold coats before evolving into its modern sense of a large traveling bag.