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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
mix From the web:
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- what mixes well with gin
- what mixes well with crown royal peach
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- what mixes well with crown royal apple
pix
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /p?ks/
- Homophones: picks, pics, pyx
- Rhymes: -?ks
Etymology 1
First attested 1932, abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety magazine, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [1].
Noun
pix pl (plural only)
- (informal) Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture".
- 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
- Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
- 1978, response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist, American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
- Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
- 2010, Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response, The New Press, ?ISBN, pages 15–16:
- He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
- […]
- take pix of damage afterward
- He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
- 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
- Specifically, motion pictures; movies.
Etymology 2
A variant of pyx.
Noun
pix (plural pixes)
- Obsolete spelling of pyx [Late Middle English–19th c.]
Verb
pix (third-person singular simple present pixes, present participle pixing, simple past and past participle pixed)
- Obsolete spelling of pyx
Ixil
Verb
pix
- to tie
References
- Dwight David Jewett and Marcos Willis, A' u u' uva'a uva' molel ca ink'a kuyolb'al atz tuch' yolb'al castiiya (Diccionario Ixil de Chajul - Español, Español - Ixil de Chajul) (1996)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”), and/or from the root *peyH- (“fat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Latin p?nus (“pine”). More at pine.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piks/, [p?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piks/, [piks]
Noun
pix f (genitive picis); third declension
- pitch, tar
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- piceus
- picula (Late Latin)
- Dalmatian: pecla
- Italian: pegola
- Romanian: p?cur?
- ?? Slavic: *p?k?l?, *p?c?l?, *p?k?lo (unless inherited from Balto-Slavic) (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
References
- pix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English pick or Bic (a brand of ballpoint pen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piks/
Noun
pix n (plural pixuri)
- ballpoint pen
Declension
References
- pix in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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