portemanteau

== English == === Noun === portemanteau (plural portemanteaux or portemanteaus) Alternative form of portmanteau (“travelling case”). == French == === Alternative forms === porte-manteau === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French portemanteau. By surface analysis, porte (“carries”, third-person singular present indicative of porter (“to carry”)) +‎ manteau (“coat”), literally “[that which] carries coat”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).mɑ̃.to/ Rhymes: -o === Noun === portemanteau m (plural portemanteaux) coat stand, coat rack ==== Usage notes ==== This word does not mean the same thing as the English word portmanteau, which refers to a word made by combining two (or more) words; this concept is rather translated as mot-valise. ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: πορτμαντό (portmantó) → Romanian: portmantou → Russian: портманто (portmanto) → Ottoman Turkish: پورت‌ مانطو (port manto) Turkish: portmanto === Further reading === “portemanteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012