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mix
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Homophones: micks, Micks
Alternative forms
- mixe (archaic)
Etymology 1
From Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mey?-, *mey?- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, misk?n (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misce? (“mix”), Ancient Greek ??????? (mígnumi, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (m?siti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit ????? (mi?ra, “mixed”), Persian ??????? (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English m?sc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.
Verb
mix (third-person singular simple present mixes, present participle mixing, simple past and past participle mixed)
- (transitive) To stir together.
- (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
- (transitive, intransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War
- I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War
- (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
- (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).
- (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).
- (transitive, intransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Synonyms
- (stir two or more substances together): blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up; See also Thesaurus:mix
- (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate): mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up
Derived terms
- bemix
- downmix
- inmix
- mixed
- mixing
- overmix
- undermix
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misce? (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.
Noun
mix (plural mixes)
- The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
- The result of combining items normally kept separate.
- (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
- (music) The finished version of a recording.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- mix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- IMX, XMI
Catalan
Etymology
Probably from Andalusian Arabic ??? (mašš).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?mi?/
Noun
mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)
- (usually repeated) A sound used to call a domestic cat.
- (colloquial) The domestic cat.
Synonyms
- (domestic cat): gat, moix
Further reading
- “mix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mix” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “mix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mí??]
Noun
m?x (inanimate)
- second-person singular possessive singular of ?xtli; (it is) your eye.
- second-person singular possessive plural of ?xtli; (they are) your eyes.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix.
Pronunciation
Noun
mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)
- mix, mixture
- hybrid
Synonyms
- mengeling (1)
- kruising (2)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miks/
Noun
mix m (plural mix or mixes)
- (music) mix
Related terms
- mixer
- mixeur
German
Pronunciation
Verb
mix
- singular imperative of mixen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of mixen
Spanish
Noun
mix m (plural mix)
- mix
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match
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæt??/
- Rhymes: -æt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæ??a, ?emæ??a, secondary forms of Old English maca, ?emaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Cognate with Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
Noun
match (plural matches)
- (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
- Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- 1603, Michael Drayton. The Barons' Wars
- many a warlike match
- A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
- 1603, Michael Drayton. The Barons' Wars
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- He knew he had met his match.
- A marriage.
- A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- She […] was looked upon as the richest match of the West.
- Suitability.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- The carpet and curtains are a match.
- An agreement or compact.
- 1660 (first published), Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love
- Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
- 1660 (first published), Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love
- (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- competition
- game
- set
- tournament
Verb
match (third-person singular simple present matches, present participle matching, simple past and past participle matched)
- (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
- (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
- […] Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
- A senator of Rome survived,
Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
- A senator of Rome survived,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
- To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- mate
Etymology 2
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek ???? (múxa, “lamp wick”).
Noun
match (plural matches)
- A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
- Synonym: spunk (obsolete)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- fire, lighter, cigarette lighter
- strike (to strike a match)
French
Etymology
From English match.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat?/
Noun
match m (plural matchs)
- (sports) match, game
Usage notes
Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).
Derived terms
- match nul
- Paris Match
Further reading
- “match” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English match.
Noun
match m (invariable)
- match (sports event)
- horserace (involving only two horses)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
match
- imperative of matche
Spanish
Noun
match m (plural matches)
- match (sporting event)
Swedish
Noun
match c
- match
Declension
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- what matches with green
- what matches with red
- what matches with purple
- what matches with blue
- what matches with brown
- what matches with yellow
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