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What do you call words made from common English words?


What do you call “that” or “where”?Common sense decision made in a lack of informationEnglish term for switching phonemes between words?What do you call an unexpected combination of words?A Pigeon house or something else?What do you call it when you “extend” a word?What do you call non-standard spellings used by companies that are similar to real English words?Normalizing English wordsWhat are words for higher orders of 'quadratic'?What is the gram­mat­i­cal term for “‑ed” words like these?






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Is there a term for words that are built by combining other ordinary English words together?



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  • catfish = cat + fish

  • firetruck = fire + truck

  • farmhouse = farm + house

  • birdcage = bird + cage









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    Is there a term for words that are built by combining other ordinary English words together?



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    • firetruck = fire + truck

    • farmhouse = farm + house

    • birdcage = bird + cage









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      Is there a term for words that are built by combining other ordinary English words together?



      For example:



      • catfish = cat + fish

      • firetruck = fire + truck

      • farmhouse = farm + house

      • birdcage = bird + cage









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      Is there a term for words that are built by combining other ordinary English words together?



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      • catfish = cat + fish

      • firetruck = fire + truck

      • farmhouse = farm + house

      • birdcage = bird + cage






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          They’re called compound words.






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          • Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

            – Ubi hatt
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          • @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

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          They’re called compound words.






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          • Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

            – Ubi hatt
            1 hour ago











          • @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

            – SomethingDark
            25 mins ago











          • @SomethingDark answer has to be written here. You simply can't provide a link.

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          They’re called compound words.






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          • Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

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          • @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

            – SomethingDark
            25 mins ago











          • @SomethingDark answer has to be written here. You simply can't provide a link.

            – Ubi hatt
            21 mins ago

















          • Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

            – Ubi hatt
            1 hour ago











          • @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

            – SomethingDark
            25 mins ago











          • @SomethingDark answer has to be written here. You simply can't provide a link.

            – Ubi hatt
            21 mins ago
















          Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

          – Ubi hatt
          1 hour ago





          Is this the standard way to answer? There are nearly 8 votes and non of them informed answerer to provide detain answer.

          – Ubi hatt
          1 hour ago













          @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

          – SomethingDark
          25 mins ago





          @Ubihatt - What additional information are you looking for? There's a link to Wikipedia with the relevant parts copied into the body of the answer so it's not a link-only answer.

          – SomethingDark
          25 mins ago













          @SomethingDark answer has to be written here. You simply can't provide a link.

          – Ubi hatt
          21 mins ago





          @SomethingDark answer has to be written here. You simply can't provide a link.

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