different between mixed vs mixen

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

1. simple past tense and past participle of mix

Adjective

mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)

1. Having two or more separate aspects.

   I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.

2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

   My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.

3. 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.

4. 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

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)

1. A compost heap; a dunghill.

Anagrams

• enmix

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

Noun

mixen

1. Plural form of mix

Verb

mixen

1. 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)

1. (transitive, especially of drinks) to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united)

   Synonym: mischen

2. (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