Meanings
nounmixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)
plural mixtures
- countableuncountableSomething produced by mixing.
An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
Synonyms: amalgam
- countableuncountableA medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
- countableuncountableentertainmentA compound organ stop.
- countableuncountableA cloth of variegated colouring.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething produced by mixing.
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nounSomething that consists of diverse elements.
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Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nouna collection containing a variety of sorts of things
nounthe act of mixing together
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmixtūra“a mixing”
- Old Frenchmisture
- Englishmixture
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μίγμα
- μίγμα (mígma)something produced by mixing
Arabic خَلِيط
- خَلِيط (ḵalīṭ)something produced by mixing
Bulgarian смесване, смес
- смесване (smesvane)act of mixing
- смес (smes)something produced by mixing
- смесица (smesica)something that consists of diverse elements
- микстура (mikstura)medicinal compound
Catalan barreja, mescla
- barrejaact of mixing
- mesclaact of mixing
- barrejasomething produced by mixing
- mesclasomething produced by mixing
- mixturasomething produced by mixing
Chinese Mandarin 混合, 混合物
- 混合 (hùnhé)act of mixing
- 混合物 (hùnhéwù)something produced by mixing
Czech směs
- směssomething produced by mixing
Dutch mengen, mengsel
- mengenact of mixing
- mengselsomething produced by mixing
Esperanto miksado, miksaĵo
- miksadoact of mixing
- miksaĵosomething produced by mixing
Finnish sekoittaminen, sekoitus
- sekoittaminenact of mixing
- sekoitussomething produced by mixing
- yhdistelmäsomething that consists of diverse elements
- sekoitussomething that consists of diverse elements
- mikstuuramedicinal compound
French mélange, mélange
- mélangeact of mixing
- mélangesomething produced by mixing
- mixturesomething produced by mixing
German Mischung, Mischung
- Mischungact of mixing
- Mischungsomething produced by mixing
- Gemischsomething produced by mixing
Greek κράμα, μείγμα
- κράμα (kráma)something produced by mixing
- μείγμα (meígma)something produced by mixing
Hindi मिलाना, मिश्रण
- मिलाना (milānā)act of mixing
- मिश्रण (miśraṇ)something produced by mixing
- मिश्रण (miśraṇ)something that consists of diverse elements
Hungarian keverés, keverék
- keverésact of mixing
- keveréksomething produced by mixing
- elegysomething produced by mixing
Irish meascadh, meascán
- meascadhact of mixing
- meascánsomething produced by mixing
- cumascsomething produced by mixing
- cumascmedicinal compound
Italian mistura, amalgama
- misturaact of mixing
- amalgamaact of mixing
- combinazioneact of mixing
- legasomething produced by mixing
- combinazionesomething produced by mixing
- compostosomething produced by mixing
- insiemesomething that consists of diverse elements
- compostosomething that consists of diverse elements
- mescolanzasomething that consists of diverse elements
- miscelasomething that consists of diverse elements
- commistionesomething that consists of diverse elements
- misturasomething that consists of diverse elements
Latin mixtūra
- mixtūrasomething produced by mixing
Māori whakaranunga, ranunga
- whakaranungaact of mixing
- ranungasomething produced by mixing
Persian معجون
- معجون (ma'jun)medicinal compound
Polish mieszanie, zmieszanie
- mieszanieact of mixing
- zmieszanieact of mixing
- mieszaninasomething produced by mixing
- mieszankasomething produced by mixing
- zlepeksomething that consists of diverse elements
- specyfikmedicinal compound
- miksturamedicinal compound
Portuguese mistura, misturação
- misturaact of mixing
- misturaçãoact of mixing
- misturamentoact of mixing
- misturasomething produced by mixing
- misturasomething that consists of diverse elements
Romanian amestecare, amestec
- amestecareact of mixing
- amestecsomething produced by mixing
- mixturăsomething produced by mixing
- amestecăturăsomething produced by mixing
- compussomething that consists of diverse elements
- compozițiemedicinal compound
Russian сме́шивание, смесь
- сме́шивание (sméšivanije)act of mixing
- смесь (smesʹ)something produced by mixing
- миксту́ра (mikstúra)medicinal compound
Scottish Gaelic measgachadh, measgachadh
- measgachadhact of mixing
- measgachadhsomething produced by mixing
Spanish mezcla, mezcladura
- mezclaact of mixing
- mezcladuraact of mixing
- mezclamientoact of mixing
- mesclamiento (disused)act of mixing
- mezclasomething produced by mixing
- mixturasomething produced by mixing
Swahili mchanganyiko, mkorogo
- mchanganyikosomething produced by mixing
- mkorogosomething produced by mixing
Swedish mixtur
- mixturmedicinal compound
Tagalog halungkap
- halungkapsomething produced by mixing
Turkish karıştırmak, karışım
- karıştırmakact of mixing
- karışımsomething produced by mixing
- karışımsomething that consists of diverse elements
Vietnamese hỗn hợp
- hỗn hợpsomething that consists of diverse elements
Welsh cymysgu, cymysgwch
- cymysguact of mixing
- cymysgwchsomething produced by mixing
- cymysgeddsomething produced by mixing
- cymysgeddmedicinal compound
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