English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "portmanteau" is 'n groot tas of reissak gemaak van stywe leer of soortgelyke materiaal, wat tipies in twee gelyke dele oopmaak.In taalkundige terme is 'n portmanteau egter 'n woord wat gevorm word deur twee of meer woorde te kombineer, waar dele van elke woord saamgevoeg word om 'n nuwe woord te skep. Byvoorbeeld, die woord "brunch" is 'n samehang van "ontbyt" en "middagete". Ander voorbeelde van portmanteau-woorde sluit in "smog" (rookmis), "spork" (lepelvurk) en "motel" (motorhotel).

Synonyms

  1. gladstone
  2. gladstone bag

Sentence Examples

  1. One of the students carried, wrapped up in a piece of green buckram by way of a portmanteau, what seemed to be a little linen and a couple of pairs of ribbed stockings the other carried nothing but a pair of new fencing-foils with buttons.
  2. She returned to Louise, took up the portmanteau, which she had placed for a moment on the ground, and they reached the archway under the shadow of the wall.
  3. I sat and pondered awhile, and then some thought occurred to me, and I made search of my portmanteau and in the wardrobe where I had placed my clothes.
  4. In a quarter of an hour the porter returned with a post-boy and horses, which were harnessed, and put in the post-chaise in a minute, while the porter fastened the portmanteau on with the assistance of a cord and strap.
  5. Then he turned to the various articles he had left behind him, put the black cravat and blue frock-coat at the bottom of the portmanteau, threw the hat into a dark closet, broke the cane into small bits and flung it in the fire, put on his travelling-cap, and calling his valet, checked with a look the thousand questions he was ready to ask, paid his bill, sprang into his carriage, which was ready, learned at Lyons that Bonaparte had entered Grenoble, and in the midst of the tumult which prevailed along the road, at length reached Marseilles, a prey to all the hopes and fears which enter into the heart of man with ambition and its first successes.
  6. A porter was passing and they gave him the portmanteau then the two young girls, having told him to take it to No.
  7. Note left by Van Helsing in his portmanteau, Berkeley Hotel directed to John Seward, M.
  8. Eugénie ordered the porter to put down the portmanteau, gave him some pieces of money, and having rapped at the shutter sent him away.