mix

See also: Mix

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪks/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪks
  • Homophones: micks, Micks

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian (“to blend, mix, combine”), from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“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, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”)[1]. More at mash.

Verb

mix (third-person singular simple present mixes, present participle mixing, simple past and past participle mixed or mixt)

  1. To stir two or more substances together.
    Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
  2. To combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate.
    to mix business with pleasure
    Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
    • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      fair persuasions mixed with sugared words
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
  3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
    • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      Hast thou no poison mixed?
    • Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
      I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
  4. To use a mixer (machine) on.
    Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
  5. (music) To combine several tracks.
    I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
  6. (music) To produce a finished version of a recording.
    I'm almost done mixing this song.
  7. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
    • Bible, Hoseah vii. 8
      Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
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Etymology 2

A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.

Noun

mix (plural mixes)

  1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
    Now add the raisins to the mix.
  2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
    My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
    The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.
  3. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
    The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
  4. (music) The finished version of a recording.
    I've almost finished the mix for this song.
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References

  1. ↑ Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, "Mix."

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Andalusian Arabic مش‎ (mašš).

Pronunciation

Noun

mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)

  1. (usually repeated) A sound used to call a domestic cat.
  2. (colloquial) The domestic cat.

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmíːʃ]

Noun

mīx (inanimate)

  1. second-person singular possessive singular of īxtli; (it is) your eye.
  2. second-person singular possessive plural of īxtli; (they are) your eyes.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)

  1. mix, mixture
  2. hybrid

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miks/

Noun

mix m (plural mix or mixes)

  1. (music) mix

German

Verb

mix

  1. Imperative singular of mixen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of mixen.

Spanish

Noun

mix m (plural mix)

  1. mix
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