French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	mot indexical
	mot onomatopéique
	mot pivot
	mot savant
	mot simple
	mot vide
	mot-clé
	mot-gigogne
	motif
	motivation
	motivation relative
	motivation secondaire
	motivé
	mot-outil
	mot-phrase

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portmanteau word

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Fr    mot-gigogne, mot-portemanteau, mot-valise, mot-valise

Synonym(s): blend

Source(s): Crystal 2003: 360; ELL: 5097; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 28 (= amalgam); Nash 1968: 185; Pei & Gaynor 1954: 172; Richards etal. 1992: 282; Trask 1993: 31; Trask 1996: 54

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