blend

(Engels)

Noun

1. A mixture of two or more things.
2. A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

Verb

1. (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
2. (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
3. (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/blɛnd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: blenden

Geërf van Old English: blandan

Verwante met Deens: blande

Verwante met Middle Dutch: blanden

Verwante met Goties: 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Kerkslawies: блєсти

In summary

From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).

Sinonieme

mix

combine

mingle

merge

mixture

compound

stir

fuse

intermingle

combination

unite

shuffle

meld

blending

commingle

amalgamate

jumble

intermix

coalesce

conflate

harmonize

adulterate

integrate

flux

mix together

incorporation

admixture

fuze

medley

immix

intermixture

join

amalgam

unification

go

union

pool

immingle

scramble

blend in

fusion

commix

add

mash

variety

amalgamation

additive

coalition

coalescence

incorporate

Sinne

Stylistically , the music is a blend of Western avant-garde and Chinese opera .