Usage examples of "portmanteau word" in English with translation to French

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Slacktivism is a portmanteau formed out of the words slacker and activism. Slacktivism est un mot-valise formé des mots slacker et activism.
I am remembering the word. Je me souviens du mot.
Just a word can do harm to a person. Il suffit d'un mot pour faire souffrir quelqu'un.
Tom had just one word to cut so that out of this sentence, forever, disappeared our Mary. Tom n'avait plus qu'un mot à couper pour que de cette phrase, à jamais, disparaisse notre Mary.
Mary was wondering whether she counted for Tom as a mere word or as a real person. Mary se demandait si elle comptait pour Tom comme un simple mot ou comme une vraie personne.
At the end of the speech she repeated the word. À la fin du discours elle répéta le mot.
Look up the word in your dictionary. Cherchez ce mot dans votre dictionnaire.
You gave me your word that you would look after them. Tu m'as promis que tu prendrais soin d'eux.
That word is very hard to translate. Ce mot-là est très difficile à traduire.
His misspelling of that word eliminated him from the contest. Une faute d'orthographe sur ce mot l'a éliminé du concours.
'Philosophy' is a Greek word that means the love of wisdom. 'Philosophie' est un mot grec qui signifie l'amour de la sagesse.
If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary. Si tu ne connais pas la signification d'un mot, vérifie dans un dictionnaire.
Just take my word for it. Il suffit de me croire sur parole.
You can not believe a word he says. On ne peut pas croire un mot de ce qu'il dit.
Impossible is not a French word. Impossible n'est pas français.
In a word, life is short. En un mot, la vie est courte.
Every word in this dictionary is important. Tous les mots de ce dictionnaire sont importants.
What does that word mean? Que signifie ce mot ?
As their conversation was in French, I could not understand a word. Comme leur conversation était en français, je ne pouvais pas en comprendre un mot.
Nothing can take a US American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In the United States, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise. Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux difficultés mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées.
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