mix

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪks/

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• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Homophones: micks, Micks, Mick's

• mixe (archaic)

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”).^[1] More at mash.

mix (third-person singular simple present mixes, present participle mixing, simple past and past participle mixed)

1. (transitive) To stir together.

   Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

2. (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

   to mix business with pleasure

   Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.

   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

     She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.

   Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Hast thou no poison mixed?

   • 1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy VVarre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 90:

     Therefore J haue chosen an Argument, mixt of Religious and Ciuill Considerations; And likewise mixt between Contemplatiue, and Actiue.

   • 1663, Robert Boyle, “Title I. Experiments Touching Bodies Capable of Freezing Others.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 49:

     In order to the diſcovery of ſome hints of the account, upon which the above mentioned mixtures were more intenſely frigefactive than ſnow alone, we ſealed up a ſingle vial of ſnow unmingled with any other ingredient, and found it to thaw much more ſlowly than any of thoſe parcels of ſnow, which we had mixt with ſalts or ſpirits.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

     She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

4. (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

   Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.

5. (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).

   I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.

6. (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).

   I'm almost done mixing this song.

7. (transitive, intransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 7:8:

     Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.

   • 1866, William Henderson, Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, page 183:

     The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore.

• (stir two or more substances together): blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up; See also Thesaurus:mix
• (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate): mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up

A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.

mix (plural mixes)

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.

   Now add the raisins to the mix.

   • 2015, Don E. Schultz, Beth E. Barnes, Heidi F. Schultz, Building Customer-brand Relationships, page 102:

     […] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles.

2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.

   My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.

   The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.

   • 2020 September 10, Katie Reilly, “As Colleges Open During a Pandemic, Student Life Remains Closed”, in Time‎^[1]:

     A Chronicle of Higher Education tracker of nearly 3,000 colleges found that of those with firm plans, 19% are opening primarily in person; 27% are primarily online; and 16% are, like Penn State, a mix.

3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.

   Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix.

4. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.

   The rhythm mix sounds muddy.

5. (music) The finished version of a recording.

   I've almost finished the mix for this song.

6. (US, slang, uncountable) A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.^[2]

   Synonym: cut

   • 1977, John Allen, chapter 11, in Assault with a Deadly Weapon: The Autobiography of a Street Criminal,‎^[2], New York: Pantheon Books, page 160:

     Eventually I could taste different drugs and tell how much mix in it or if there’s too much mix in it or what have you.

• → Belarusian: мікс (miks)
• → Polish: miks
• → Russian: микс (miks)
• → Turkish: miks, mix
• → Ukrainian: мікс (miks)

• “mix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “mix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IMX, XMI

Probably from Andalusian Arabic مش (mašš).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmiʃ]

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mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)

1. (usually repeated) a sound used to call a domestic cat
2. (colloquial) the domestic cat

• (domestic cat): gat, moix

• “mix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From English mix.

• IPA^(key): /mɪk̚s⁵⁵/

mix

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) person of mixed race (Classifier: 個／个 c)

• 混血兒／混血儿

• IPA^(key): [ˈmíːʃ]

mīx (inanimate)

1. second-person singular possessive singular of īxtli; (it is) your eye.
2. second-person singular possessive plural of īxtli; (they are) your eyes.

Root
m-x-l
3 terms

mix

1. Alternative form of mixl

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 424

Borrowed from English mix.

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mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)

1. mix, mixture
2. hybrid

• mengeling (1)
• kruising (2)

Borrowed from English mix.

• IPA^(key): /miks/

mix m (plural mix or mixes)

1. (music) mix

• mixer
• mixeur

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mix

1. singular imperative of mixen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of mixen

mix m (plural mix)

1. mix