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Detailed Translations for portmanteau from English to Dutch

portmanteau:

portmanteau [the ~] nomen

  1. the portmanteau
    het valies

Translation Matrix for portmanteau:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
valies portmanteau
- Gladstone; Gladstone bag; blend; portmanteau word

Related Words for "portmanteau":

  • portmanteaus, portmanteaux

Synonyms for "portmanteau":

  • blend; portmanteau word; neologism; neology; coinage
  • Gladstone; Gladstone bag; bag; traveling bag; grip; suitcase

Related Definitions for "portmanteau":

  1. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather1
  2. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings1
    • `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau1

Wiktionary Translations for portmanteau:

portmanteau
noun
  1. case
portmanteau
noun
  1. taalkunde|nld een neologisme waarin twee of meer bestaande woorden naar de vorm worden gecombineerd in een betekenis die betekeniselementen van alle originele woorden bevat

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
portmanteau portmanteau; mengwoord mot-valise — linguistique|fr néologisme formé par la fusion d’au moins deux mots existant. Par exemple, Wiktionnaire est un mot-valise composé des mots wiki et dictionnaire.