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noun, masculine

portemanteau

/pɔʁ.t(ə).mɑ̃.to/

noun, masculine/pɔʁ.t(ə).mɑ̃.to/plural: portemanteaux

coat stand, coat rack

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”.