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mixed
English
Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix +? -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
mixed
- simple past tense and past participle of mix
Adjective
mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds
- The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
Synonyms
- (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
- (not pure): impure
- (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel
Antonyms
- (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (not pure): pure
- (including both males and females): single-sex
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred
Derived terms
Related terms
- mixer
- mixture
Translations
Anagrams
- demix
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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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