different between mixture vs bouillabaisse

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixt?ra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misce? (“mix”); compare mix.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: m?ks?ch?r, IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• Hyphenation: mix?ture

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

   The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

2. Something produced by mixing.

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

   A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms

• cough mixture

Related terms

• mix
• mixer

Translations

Further reading

• mixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

mixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of mixt?rus

Portuguese

Verb

mixture

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mixturar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mixturar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mixturar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mixturar

Spanish

Verb

mixture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mixturar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillabaisse, from Occitan bolhabaissa, bouiabaisso, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) +? abaissar (“to lower (the temperature)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?j??be?s/, /-?b?s/, /?bu?j??be?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?buj??be?s/, /?buj??be?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Hyphenation: bouil?la?baisse

Noun

bouillabaisse (countable and uncountable, plural bouillabaisses)

1. A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.
2. (figuratively) A mixture.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge, Thesaurus:mixture

   • 2021, Ian Millhiser, The Supreme Court just backed away from one of its cruelest death penalty decisions, vox.com, February 12 2021

     Both Dunn cases came to the Court on the “shadow docket,” a bouillabaisse of emergency motions and other matters that do not receive full briefing and oral argument before the justices decide a case.

Translations

References

Further reading

• bouillabaisse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Occitan bolhabaissa, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) +? abaissar (“to lower [temperature]”), equivalent to bouillir +? abaisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ja.b?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

bouillabaisse f (countable and uncountable, plural bouillabaisses)

1. bouillabaisse (fish soup from Provence)

Further reading

• “bouillabaisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).