mixture

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mixture

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪkstʃə/
(General American) enPR: mĭksʹchər, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: mix‧ture

Noun edit

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

The act of mixing.
The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
Something produced by mixing.
An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
Something that consists of diverse elements.
The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
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
(music) A compound organ stop.
A cloth of variegated colouring.
(India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

mix
mixer

Translations edit

act of mixing

Bulgarian: смесване (bg) n (smesvane)
Catalan: barreja (ca) f, mescla (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混合 (zh) (hùnhé)
Dutch: mengen (nl) n
Esperanto: miksado
Finnish: sekoittaminen (fi)
French: mélange (fr) m
Galician: mestura f
German: Mischung (de) f
Hungarian: keverés (hu)
Irish: meascadh m
Italian: mistura (it) f, amalgama (it) f, combinazione (it) f
Maori: whakaranunga
Polish: mieszanie (pl), zmieszanie (pl)
Portuguese: mistura (pt) f, misturação f, misturamento m
Romanian: amestecare (ro)
Russian: сме́шивание (ru) n (sméšivanije)
Scottish Gaelic: measgachadh m
Spanish: mezcla (es) f
Turkish: karıştırmak (tr)
Welsh: cymysgu (cy) m

something produced by mixing

Arabic: خَلِيط m (ḵalīṭ)
Aromanian: amisticãturã f
Azerbaijani: qatışıq
Bulgarian: смес (bg) f (smes)
Catalan: barreja (ca) f, mescla (ca) f, mixtura (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混合物 (zh) (hùnhéwù)
Czech: směs (cs) f
Dutch: mengsel (nl) n
Esperanto: miksaĵo
Finnish: sekoitus (fi)
French: mélange (fr) m, mixture (fr) f
Galician: mestura f
German: Mischung (de) f, Gemisch (de) n
Greek: κράμα (el) n (kráma), μείγμα (el) n (meígma)
Ancient: μίγμα n (mígma)
Hungarian: keverék (hu), elegy (hu)
Irish: meascán m
Italian: lega (it) f, combinazione (it) f, composto (it) m
Kazakh: қоспа (kk) (qospa)
Latin: mixtūra f
Maori: ranunga
Plautdietsch: Mischmausch f
Polish: mieszanina (pl) f, mieszanka (pl) f
Portuguese: mistura (pt) f
Romanian: amestec (ro), mixtură (ro), amestecătură (ro) f
Russian: смесь (ru) f (smesʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: measgachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: smesa f, mešavina f
Spanish: mezcla (es) f
Swahili: mchanganyiko (sw), mkorogo (sw)
Tagalog: halungkap
Tocharian B: traiwo, triwālñe
Turkish: karışım (tr)
Welsh: cymysgwch m, cymysgedd (cy) m

something that consists of diverse elements

Bulgarian: смесица (bg) f (smesica)
Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi), sekoitus (fi)
Galician: mestura f
Italian: insieme (it) m, composto (it) m, mescolanza (it) f, miscela (it) f, commistione (it) m, mistura (it) f, misto (it) m
Plautdietsch: Mischmausch f
Polish: zlepek (pl) m
Portuguese: mistura (pt) f
Romanian: compus (ro) m
Turkish: karışım (tr)
Vietnamese: hỗn hợp (vi)

medicinal compound

Bulgarian: микстура f (mikstura)
Finnish: mikstuura (fi)
Irish: cumasc m
Italian: composto (it) m
Persian: معجون (fa) (ma'jun)
Polish: specyfik (pl) m, mikstura (pl) f
Romanian: compoziție (ro) f
Russian: миксту́ра (ru) f (mikstúra)
Welsh: cymysgedd (cy) m

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