different between assemblage vs jumble

English

Etymology

From French assemblage.

Noun

assemblage (countable and uncountable, plural assemblages)

1. The process of assembling or bringing together.

2. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
3. A gathering of people.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

4. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
5. (archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• collage

Further reading

• assemblage (art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From French assemblage.

Noun

assemblage c (singular definite assemblagen, plural indefinite assemblager)

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Declension

Further reading

• “assemblage” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

assembler +? -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.bla?/

Noun

assemblage m (plural assemblages)

1. assemblage, gathering, assembly (process of assembling; result of this action)
2. (carpentry) jointing (act of making a joint)
3. (carpentry) joint
4. (computing) a phase in compilation where an assembly language is translated into a binary file
5. (viticulture) cuvée (wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties)
6. (archaeology) assemblage (group of different artifacts found in association with one another)
7. (bioinformatics) sequence assembly (aligning and merging of DNA fragments to reconstruct a sequence)
8. (bioinformatics) genome assembly (process of reassembling DNA sequences)
9. (cartography) juxtaposition of several maps or cuttings to create a larger map

Derived terms

• langage d'assemblage

Further reading

• “assemblage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d??mb?l/

• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump +? -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.

Verb

jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)

1. (transitive) To mix or confuse.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)

     Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?

   • Every clime and age jumbled together.

2. (intransitive) To meet or unite in a confused way.

Derived terms

• jumble up

Translations

Noun

jumble (countable and uncountable, plural jumbles)

1. A mixture of unrelated things.
2. (uncountable, Britain) Items for a rummage sale.
3. (countable, Britain, informal) A rummage sale.
   • 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat

     "That's a nice coat," said Bella. "I used to have one like that. Got it at a jumble. But it didn't suit me. You look great in it."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

See also

• jumble sale

Etymology 2

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Noun

jumble (plural jumbles)

1. (archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Alternative forms

• jumbal
• jumball