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palavra-valise

Portuguese, noun

palavra-valise is spelled P-A-L-A-V-R-A-V-A-L-I-S-E (13 letters). Palavra-valise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “portmanteau word (word which combines the meaning of two words)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra ou morfema resultante da fusão de duas palavras, geralmente uma perdendo a parte final e a outra…”.

What does palavra-valise mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineportmanteau word (word which combines the meaning of two words)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. palavra ou morfema resultante da fusão de duas palavras, geralmente uma perdendo a parte final e a outra perdendo a parte inicial (composição por aglutinação)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of palavra-valise

  • palavras-valise plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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