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In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. [2] [3] [4] English examples include smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, [3] [5] and motel, from motor and hotel. [6] A blend is similar to a ...
This is a list of geographic portmanteaus.Portmanteaus (also called blends) are names constructed by combining elements of two, or occasionally more, other names.. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from two other names or words.
In English, for example, the groups /spl/ and /ts/ are consonant clusters in the word splits. In the education field it is variously called a consonant cluster or a consonant blend. [1] [2] Some linguists [who?] argue that the term can be properly applied only to those consonant clusters that occur within one syllable. Others claim that the ...
It is a special case of a type of word formation called clipping. Clipped compounds are common in various slang and jargon vocabularies, [1] but they are not specific to those. Examples in English include sci fi, comp sci, lab tech, and surg tech. A clipped compound word is linguistically a type of blend word.
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List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).