PORTMANTEAU WORD vs NONCE WORD: NOUN
- A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.
- A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- A word invented for the occasion.
- A word occurring, invented, or used just for a particular occasion; for example, the word mileconsuming in
- A word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
PORTMANTEAU WORD vs NONCE WORD: RELATED WORDS
- Abstractness, Hybridity, Metonymy, Onomatopoeic, Slanguage, Tabula, Diphthong, Lexis, Pluralized, Neologism, Folk etymology, Idiom, Noun, Blend, Portmanteau
- Verbify, Syllabism, Apocope, Paronym, Set phrase, Paragoge, Common noun, Verb phrase, Word form, Function word, Language unit, Noun phrase, Content word, Anthimeria, Hapax legomenon
PORTMANTEAU WORD vs NONCE WORD: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Bricolage, Abstractness, Hybridity, Metonymy, Onomatopoeic, Slanguage, Tabula, Diphthong, Lexis, Pluralized, Neologism, Folk etymology, Idiom, Noun, Blend
- Verbify, Syllabism, Apocope, Paronym, Set phrase, Paragoge, Common noun, Verb phrase, Word form, Function word, Language unit, Noun phrase, Content word, Anthimeria, Hapax legomenon
PORTMANTEAU WORD vs NONCE WORD: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- But the word he actually used is a portmanteau word that has the feeling of both these meanings and perhaps a little more.
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PORTMANTEAU WORD vs NONCE WORD: QUESTIONS
- What is a portmanteau word for something that is joined together?
- How many words can I enter in the portmanteau word-merge tool?
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