medley

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle.
2. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
3. A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
4. A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
5. A cloth of mixed colours.

Verb

To combine, to form a medley.

Synonyms

mixture

jumble

potpourri

blend

mishmash

compound

hodgepodge

mixed

hash

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pastiche

farrago

mash

hotchpotch

pell-mell

admixture

miscellany

intermixture

melange

miscellaneous

miscellanies

mish-mash

mix

mob

motley

musical switch

muss

odds and ends

olio

patchwork

premix

quodlibet

salad

shuffle

heterogenous mixture

hotchpot

pelf-mell

hotch-pot

aggregate

amalgam

assemblage

assortment

chow-chow

concoction

concourse

confusion

crowd

cycle

gathering

hotch-potch

hotpot

Translations

mélange

mezcla

pot-pourri

salade

Gemisch

Medley

miscuglio

mengelmoes

misto

potpourri

mescolanza

collection de morceaux apparentés joués ou mélangés ensemble

farrago

mengeling

medley

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛdli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: medle

In summary

From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.