mélange

Noun

mélange (plural mélanges)

1. Alternative form of melange
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mélange.

Anagrams

• gleeman

Etymology

From Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), apparently a borrowing from Frankish *misklinga (“mix, mixture”), from Frankish *misklōn (“to mix”). Compare Old High German miscilunga, miskilunga, miskelunga (“mixture, assortment, combination, blend”).

Alternatively, derived from Old French mescler (“to mingle, mix up”) (modern French mêler), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre + -inges, a suffix from Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”). Compare also Old High German miscilōn, miskilōn, miskelōn (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.lɑ̃ʒ/

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Noun

mélange m (plural mélanges)

1. mixture, blend

Verb

mélange

1. first-person singular present indicative of mélanger
2. third-person singular present indicative of mélanger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mélanger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mélanger
5. second-person singular imperative of mélanger

Further reading

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