mix

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To stir together.
2. (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
3. (ambitransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
4. (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
5. (transitive) To combine (several tracks).
6. (transitive) To produce a finished version of (a recording).
7. (ambitransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

Noun

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.
4. The result of mixing several tracks.
5. The finished version of a recording.
6. (US, slang, uncountable) A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.

Synonyms

blend

stir

mingle

combine

mixture

merge

compound

shuffle

unite

join

intermingle

fuse

put together

mix up

confuse

amalgamate

commingle

adulterate

intermix

jumble

integrate

agitate

mix in

scramble

stir up

coalesce

knead

admixture

mix together

commix

meld

connect

add

bring together

intermixture

mixing

immix

admix

commixture

mash

whip

conflate

dilute

associate

link

🔗

be mixed

complicate

blending

premix

ruffle

Translations

mélanger

mezclar

mischen

mescolare

mischiare

vermischen

misturar

mélange

mengen

mêler

vermengen

barrejar

mixen

mezcla

remuer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mixen

Inherited from Old English: *mixian, miscian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: miskje

Cognate with Middle Dutch: mischen

Cognate with Old High German: miskian

Cognate with German: mischen

Cognate with Welsh: mysgu

Cognate with Latin: misceō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μίγνυμι

Cognate with Church Slavic: мѣсити

Cognate with Lithuanian: mišti

Cognate with Sanskrit: मिश्र

Cognate with Persian: آمیختن

Cognate with Old English: māsc

In summary

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *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”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.