portmanteau wordnoun [ C ]
uk/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ ˌwɜːd/us/pɔːrtˈmæn.toʊ ˌwɝːd/a word formed by combining two other words:
"Jeggings" is a portmanteau word formed from "jeans" and "leggings".
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- -athon
- -ative
- -ee
- -ese
- compound
- est
- ill
- monosyllabic
- monosyllable
- morpheme
- particle
- polysyllabic
- prefix
- s
- stem
- syllable
- that'd
- that'll
- that's
- there'd
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