different between mien vs mixen
mien
English
Etymology
From French mine (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), appearance, perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Homophone: mean
Noun
mien (countable and uncountable, plural miens)
- (countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:
- Beauty, like all divine gifts, is everywhere to be seen by the eye of the faithful admirer of nature; and, like all spirits, she is scarcely to be described by words. Her countenance and mien, her path, her hue and carriage, often surpass expression, and soothe the enthusiast into reverie and silence.
- 2015, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician, in: The Guardian, July 23rd 2015
- Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:
- (countable) A specific facial expression.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Emin, Mine, mine
French
Etymology
From Middle French mien, from Old French meon, from Latin meum, the neuter of meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mj??/
Adjective
mien (feminine singular mienne, masculine plural miens, feminine plural miennes)
- (archaic) my
Derived terms
- le mien (“mine”)
See also
- mon, ma, mes
Further reading
- “mien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mine, miné
Old French
Etymology
Latin meum.
Adjective
mien
- (stressed) my; mine
Usage notes
- chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
Descendants
- French: mien
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Etymology
From English main.
Adjective
mien
- main
Plautdietsch
Pronoun
mien
- my
See also
- dien (your, thy)
- sien (his)
- mie (me)
- ons (our)
- onsa (us)
Further reading
- Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min/
Determiner
mien
- feminine of min
- neuter of min
- plural of min
References
- “mien” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi??n/
Noun
mien
- genitive plural of mena
Noun
mien
- genitive plural of meno
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Noun
mien f
- carrot
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gem?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *gamain?, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?om-moynis. Cognate with German gemein, English mean, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gamains) and Latin comm?nis.
Adjective
mien
- common, communal
- common, everyday
- general
Inflection
Derived terms
- mienskip
Further reading
- “mien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
mien From the web:
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mixen
English
Etymology
From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen, myxen, from meohx, meox (“dung, filth”), from Proto-Germanic *m?gan? (“to urinate”); akin to German Mist (“manure”).
Noun
mixen (plural mixens)
- A compost heap; a dunghill.
Anagrams
- enmix
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix.
Pronunciation
Noun
mixen
- Plural form of mix
Verb
mixen
- mix
- (Brabant):
Inflection
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix, from Middle English mixen, partially inherited from Old English mixen, and partially from a backformation of Old French mixte, itself a borrowing from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ks?n/, [?m?ksn?], [?m?ks?n]
- Hyphenation: mi?xen
Verb
mixen (weak, third-person singular present mixt, past tense mixte, past participle gemixt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, especially of drinks) to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united)
- Synonym: mischen
- (transitive, music) to mix (combine several tracks; produce a finished version)
- Synonym: mischen
Conjugation
Related terms
- Mix
Derived terms
- Mixer
- vermixen
Further reading
- “mixen” in Duden online
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