medley

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.

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.

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