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Mixture

Definition: Mixture

Mixture

Noun

1. (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding).

2. Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he hesitated to taste the strange concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade".

3. A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders".

4. An event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures".

5. The act of mixing; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mixture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Mixture \Mix"ture\, noun. [Latin expression mixtura, from miscere, mixtum, to mix: compare to the French expression mixture. See Mix.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Mixture

DomainDefinition

Language

The batch to be used for the making of a product, after it has been mixed. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

An association of substances with properties resulting from juxtaposition of the properties of the constituents(as opposed to chemical combination). Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A commingling in which the ingredients retain their individual properties or separate chemical nature. See also:mechanical mixture. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Mixture

Synonyms: admixture (n), assortment (n), commixture (n), concoction (n), intermixture (n), miscellanea (n), miscellany (n), mix (n), mixed bag (n), mixing (n), motley (n), potpourri (n), variety (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: jumbling (publishing & graphic arts).

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Synonyms within Context: Mixture

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cold

Freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium.

Combination

Noun: combination; mixture; junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.

Disorder

Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles.

Mixture

Noun: mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion; commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony; junction; combination; miscegenation.

Refrigerator

Freezing mixture, ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice; liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Mixture

English words defined with "mixture": freezing mixturelamellar mixturemechanical mixture. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mixture": additive mixture of color stimuli, additive mixture of colour stimulideflagrating mixtureflammable mixture of gasesheat of mixturelimiting mixturemixture yarnrichness of a gas/air mixturesand asphalt mixture, stoichiometric mixture. (references)
Etymologies containing "mixture": Zymome. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Mixture" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (mixture, slop).

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Modern Usage: Mixture

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Has an irresistible mixture of art and genitals in it. (A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'; writing credit: Alan Wallis)

Command and compassion is a fool's mixture! (Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before; writing credit: Samuel A. Peeples)

Lyrics

Shake up the picture the lizard mixture (New Moon on Monday; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Tongue Twisters

A missing mixture measure. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Freezing Mixture (1910)

Colourful Mixture (2000)

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Commercial Usage: Mixture

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dark Secrets: ...a Mixture of Life and Love...and Terror (reference)

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Music

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Image Slideshow: Mixture

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Photo Album: Mixture

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To control flies after the 1955 flood in Connecticut, workers sprayed an insecticide mixture containing 5% DDT around community trees. Credit: CDC.

Tabby ruins at Chocolate on the northwest side of the island. Tabby refers to the building material which is a durable cement-like mixture of equal parts of water, sand, shell, and lime. These ruins are part of an antebellum plantation that was deserted following the Civil War. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An image of sludge. The sludge is composed of copper, zinc and iron bound in a carbonate mixture. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Mixture of native grass plantings in southern Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Native grasses and forbs are part of the planting mixture in a conservation buffer along Bear Creek in central Iowa. Credit: Roger Hill.

Many farm machines at ARS' Beltsville Agricultural Research Center are running on a mixture of diesel fuel and biodiesel, which is made from soybean oil. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Bob Nichols..

Medfly feeding on a cotton wick soaked with a bait-dye mixture. Photo by Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News.

Measured drawing delineated by Frank R. Leslie, July 1938. (Reproduction Number: HABS, MO,97-SAIGEN,6- Sheet 5 of 13) The Bolduc House, now a museum, is one of a few remaining French Colonial buildings in the upper Mississippi Valley. As described in the HABS written historical data pages, it is constructed of poteaux sur sole, vertical posts set on a sill, with the interstices filled with bouzillage, sticks covered with a mud and straw mixture. In addition to its construction, the large overhanging eaves and steep roof are distinct characteristics of the style. Credit: Library of Congress.

Use Dunbar's Diarrhoea Mixture, / Buker Press, Prov., R.I. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Dunbar's Diarrhoea Mixture,. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Mixture
 

"Fruit and veggie bowl" by John Manning
Commentary: "Mixture of fresh fruit and vegetables in a bowl, on a wooden table."
"Duck" by Tjeerd Doosje
Commentary: "Swimming in a mixture of water and ice."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Mixture

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Miguel De Cervantes

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Thomas B. Macaulay

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

William Hazlitt

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Mixture

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Whether settled periods of their convening, or a liberty left to the prince for convoking the legislative, or perhaps a mixture of both, hath the least inconvenience attending it, it is not my business here to inquire, but only to shew, that though the executive power may have the prerogative of convoking and dissolving such conventions of the legislative, yet it is not thereby superior to it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Mixture

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

As Harriet described it, there had been an interesting mixture of wounded affection and genuine delicacy in their behaviour

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

To him such a mixture will seem, no doubt, ill judged and repulsive

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

She had, in addition to her former expression, that mixture of fear and sorrow which the experience of a prison adds to misery

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

In their marriages they are exactly careful to choose such colors as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mixture

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Herbal therapy employs an individual herb or a mixture of herbs for healing purposes. (references)

Once the mixture coats the organs, x-rays are taken that reveal their shape and condition. (references)

Use corn, rice, soy, arrowroot, tapioca, and potato flours or a mixture instead of wheat flours in recipes. (references)

Business

The balance of the population is a mixture of South and East Asians, Iranians, and European/North Americans. (references)

China's legal system is a mixture of common law and continental legal systems, but it places relatively less emphasis on legal precedents. (references)

German manufacturers are also offering derivatives of SUVs, such as the BMW MX5, a mixture between a station Wagon and an off-road vehicle. (references)

Discrimination

Israel and the occupied territories

Under the complex mixture of laws and regulations that apply to the occupied territories, Palestinians are disadvantaged under Israeli law and practices compared with the treatment received by Israeli settlers. (references)

Economic History

Croatia

Climate: Croatia has a mixture of climates. (references)

Libya

Native Libyans are primarily a mixture of Arabs and Berbers. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Most urban areas reflect a mixture of all religious denominations. (references)

Laos

Approximately half the population is ethnic Lao, also called "lowland Lao." Most of the remainder is a mixture of diverse upland hill tribes whose members, if born in Laos, are Lao citizens. (references)

Italy

Some traditional minorities, including French and German speaking Alpine communities in the north and a mixture of German and Slovene speakers in the northeast, enjoy special autonomous status. (references)

Political Economy

Netherlands

The market-based economy is export oriented and features a mixture of industry, services, and agriculture. (references)

Germany

Members are elected through a mixture of a direct vote for constituency candidates and a second vote for party lists. (references)

Uruguay

The economy is a mixture of private and state enterprises and is heavily dependent on agricultural exports and agroindustry. (references)

Political Rights

Germany

Members of Parliament's first chamber, the Bundestag, are elected every 4 years from a mixture of direct-constituency and party-list candidates on the basis of universal suffrage and secret balloting. (references)

Trade

Tunisia

THE TUNISIAN BANKING SYSTEM IS A MIXTURE OF PRIVATE AND STATE-OWNED INSTITUTIONS WITH VARYING RANGES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND SERVICES. (references)

Women

Switzerland

In June the Federal Department of Justice submitted for discussion a draft bill on the financing of maternity leave through a mixture of public and private funding to various civic organizations, but it referred the matter back to the Parliament in November when consultations were unable to reach a consensus. (references)

Worker Rights

Sri Lanka

In the past, children as young as age 10 were said to be recruited and placed for 2 to 4 years in special schools that provided them with a mixture of LTTE ideology and formal education. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Mixture

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Geoffrey Hoon

My impression is that it will be a mixture of things. Those that resist will certainly suffer in the way that we've seen thousands of Iraqis suffer at the hands of coalition forces when they have stood and fought.

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Speeches: Mixture

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801To this I answer, if parliament is to be our supreme legislature, we shall be under a complete oligarchy or aristocracy, not the British constitution, which this writer himself defines a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809When freed, he is to be removed beyond the reach of mixture.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Mixture

"Mixture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.71% of the time. "Mixture" is used about 3,101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.71%3,0923,033
Lexical Verb (base form)0.23%7133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.06%2245,945
                    Total100.00%3,101N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Mixture

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "mixture".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
BabelN/ABiblical

Mixture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Mixture

Expressions using "mixture": additive mixture of color stimuli additive mixture of colour stimuli Alfaxalone Alfadolone Mixture Bordeaux mixture Brompton mixture Brompton's mixture Burgundy mixture cake mixture Chalk mixture cough mixture crumble mixture freezing mixture heather mixture lamellar mixture lean mixture mechanical mixture mixture concoction mixture control mixture of gases mixture of languages mixture spices mixture strength mixture yarn multicomponent mixture raw mixture richness of a gas/air mixture sand asphalt mixture smoking mixture sponge mixture stoichiometric mixture week mixture. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "mixture": mixture-of-distributions, mixture-of-normals, mixture-rich, mixture-that, mixture-timing.

Ending with "mixture": dolly-mixture, heather-mixture.

Containing "mixture": maximum weak-mixture power.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mixture

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mixture

40

stamp mixture

5

concrete mixture

21

gaussian mixture model

5

colored composite filled mixture plastic resin tooth

10

bird food humming mixture

5

bordeaux mixture

9

air fuel mixture

5

homogeneous mixture

9

mixture problem

5

control mixture solenoid

9

chemical mixture

4

gas mixture oil

9

fuel mixture

4

bubble mixture

8

drink mixture

4

heterogeneous mixture

7

brown mixture

4

mechanical mixture solution

7

chain fuel mixture saw

4

cement mixture

7

bird feeder humming mixture

4

mixture and solution

6

composition mixture organ

4

gas gas mixture

6

mixture pure substance

4

mixture compound

6

buckleys mixture

4

bird humming mixture

6

mixture model tutorial

4

elements compound and mixture

6

dolly mixture

4

curve fuel mixture power

6

gaussian mixture model speaker

4

control mixture solenoids

5

frailties mixture

3

gas mixture

5

mixture stucco

3

mixture separating

5

calibration gas mixture

3
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Modern Translation: Mixture

Language Translations for "mixture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

mengsel (admixture), allegaartjie (admixture, hotchpotch, medly). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

miksturë, ujem (adulterant, grist), trazim (agitation, commotion, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturbance, dust, elaboration, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, immixture, kneading, melange, mixing, perturbation, poke, turbidity, turbulence), përzierje (admixture, amalgamation, blend, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, confection, conglomeration, fusion, hash, immixture, implication, interference, interfusion, intermixture, involvement, kneading, malaxation, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, mix, mixing, olio, omnium gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, promiscuity, salmagundi, shuffle, stir, stirring, temper), ngatërrim (bewilderment, confusion, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, implication, involution, jumble, mess, mingle-mangle, mixing, muddiness, muss). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مزيج (admixture, blend, commixture, compost, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixing up), ‏مزج (admix, admixture, blend, blending, carbonize, combination, combine, commingle, commix, dash, hash, incorporate, interlace, interweave, mingle, mingling, mix up, mixing, mixing up), ‏نسيج من خيوط مختلفة الألوان, ‏تمازج (intermingle, intermix, intermixture, interweave), ‏خليط (admixture, blend, compost, conglomeration, cut, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixture concoction, patchy), ‏خلط (admix, alloy, blending, confusion, jumble, metis, mingle, mix, mix up, mixing, scramble, shuffle), ‏إمتزاج (admixture). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

смесване (bias, commixture, confection, immixture, incorporation, interfusion, intermixture, mixing), смесица (alloy, amalgam, farrago, gallimaufry, gumbo, intermixture, mash, melange, mess, miscellany, motley, olio, omnium gatherum, patchwork), смес (admixture, alloy, amalgam, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, infusion, intermixture, medley, melange, miscellany, mix), размесване (interfusion), комбинация, микстура. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

混合物 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

míchání (agitation, mix, shuffle, stir), smíšenina (immixture, intermixture, mix), smìsice (combination, welter), smìs (amalgam, assortment, blend, brew, combination, commixture, compound, concoction, farrago, medley, miscellany, mix, mix up). (various references)

   

Danish

  

blanding (admixture). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mengsel (admixture), mengelmoes (admixture), mengeling (admixture). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

miksaĵo. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مخلوط (Admixture, Blend, Composite, Compost, Hash, Mixed), ترکیب (Admixture, Blend, Composition, Compound, Confection, Feature, Form, Physique, Structure, Syntax, Zygosis), امیزه (Blend), امیزش (Converse, Hash, Haunt, Intercourse), اختلاط (Brew, Conglomerate, Integrate, Medley, Mix, Welter), اشوره . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

seos (alloy, mix). (various references)

   

French

  

mélange (mix, mixes, mixing). (various references)

   

German

  

Mischung (admixture, amalgam, assortment, blend, blending, combination, hybridization, intermixture, melange, mix, mixing), Gemisch (admixture, conglomeration, jumble, medley, miscellany), gemenge (bustle, jumble, scuffle), Gebräu (brew, concoction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μίγμα (admixture, aggregate, amalgam, compound, farrago, hash, hotpot, intermixture, mash, medley, melange, mix). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מזיגה (blending, fusion, merger, pouring), מזג (disposition, temper, temperament), מסיכה (blend, clyster, embrocation, enema, liniment, ointment), תמזוגת, תערובת (admixture, blend, medley, melange, mix, mongrelism), פתיכה (blending), ערבוב (amalgamate, amalgamation, confusion, mingling, mixing, muddling), המזגות (assimilation), התמזגות (amalgamation, blending, coalition, merger), התערבות (betting, interference, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness), בלילה (mixing, thickening, twirl), בליל (concoction, hash, mash, medley, miscible), בלה (threadbare, worn out). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

orvosság (doctor's stuff, drug, fix, medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical, remedy), keverék (admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamated, blend, commixture, compound, concoction, hybrid, infusion, mash, medley, melange, mingle, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mish-mash, mix, mongrel, nondescript, pot pourri), fõzet (concoction, decoction, infusion, potion), elegy (burden, compound). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kebauran, campuran (admixture, alloy, amalgam, assortment, blend, composite, concoction, interference, intervention, mash, meddling, medley), bauran, bancuhan (blend), adukan (beater, the mix). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mistura (admixture, blend), miscela (admixture, blend, brew, compound, concoction). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

交錯 (blending, complication). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まぜもの (adulteration), まじりもの (adulteration, impurity), まじりけ (a dash of, impurity), ごもく, こうさく (blending, cable, complication, construction, cultivation, farming, handicraft, maneuvering, steel wire rope, work), こんざい, こんせいぶつ (compound, hybrid), こんごうぶつ (amalgam), こんごう (adamantine, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth, diamond, Indra's weapon, mixing, radical sign, square root, thunderbolt, vajra), こんこう (intermixture, jumbling together, mixing up), こんわぶつ, こんわ (friendlychat, mingling), はいごう (abolition and amalgamation, arrangement, combination, distribution, harmony, match, pseudonym of a haiku poet), ちょうごうざい (preparation). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

혼합물 (Adulteration, Mixt). (various references)

   

Malay

  

campuran (admixture). (various references)

   

Manx

  

seyjid, seiyjaght (calamity, sadness), seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, muddy; pushing, prod, propel, propulsion, protrusion, push, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, stir up, thrust, tilt, tilting, transfix), mestey (churning, compound, confuse, cross-breed, dispense, garble, hybridize, interlace, jumble, mash, miscellany, mix, promiscuity, shuffle, stir), mastey (amid, amidst, among, amongst, churn, within), broojid. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ixturemay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mistura (admixture, commixture, concoction, cross, fusion, gallimaufry, half-and-half, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, jumble, mash, medley, miscellany, mix, olio, patchwork, salmagundi, shuffle). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

mixturã (intermixture, Mistura), poţiune (potion), amestecare (amalgamation, embroilment, immixture, shuffle), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, jumble, mash, medley, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

смесь (amalgam, blend, chow-chow, collectanea, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, farrago, hotchpotch, interfusion, intermixture, jumble, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, potpourri, salmagundi). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

stapag (a mixture of meal and cold water), sos (a coarse mess or mixture), dramaig (a foul mixture). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mikstura, mešavina (admixture, amalgam, blend, composite, compost, congeries, farrago, hash, intermixture, jumble, medley, melange, mix, olio, pasticcio, pastiche), smesa (blend, compound), smešati, smeša (admixture, batch, blend, intermixture). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mezcla (admixture, adulterant, alloy, blend, blending, commixture, concoction, crossbreed, intermixture, mash, medley, melange, mishmash, mix). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

blandning (admixture, alloy, allsorts, amalgam, amalgamation, assortment, blend, commixture, composite, cross, farrago, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, medley, mix, olio, omnium gatherum). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ส่วนผสม (blend), การผสม (blend, hotchpotch). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kaynaşma (contraction, fusion, stir), karıştırma (admixture, adulteration, browsing, combination, commixture, compound, confusion, intermixture, mix, mixing, shuffle, shuffling, stir, stirring), karışma (embroilment, interference, interposition, intervention, involvement, meddling, mind your own business, mix, mixing), karışım (admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, concoction, farrago, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, melange, mix, potpourri), bílexím (admixture), alaxim (admixture, alloy). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

суміш (admixture, amalgam, bastard, blend, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, melange, mingle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, olio, omnium gatherum, salmagundi, temperature), мікстура (potion, stuff), змішування (admixture, amalgamation, blend, commixture, immixture, mix, transfusion). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự pha trộn (alloy, medley), sự hỗn hợp thứ pha trộn. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cymysgfa (hodge-podge, medley), cymysgedd (admixture, blend). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mixture

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

admixtione, commixtione, commixtionis, conpositio, conpositione, conpositionem, conpositionis, farrago, malagma, migma. (various references)

Old French900-1400

meslee. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Mixture

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 19, Verse 39
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintHlqen de kai nikodhmoV o elqwn proV ton ihsoun nuktoV to prwton ferwn migma smurnhV kai alohV wsei litraV ekaton
Latin405VulgateVenit autem et Nicodemus qui venerat ad Iesum nocte primum ferens mixturam murrae et aloes quasi libras centum
Old English990West Saxon& nichodemus com þider. se þe ærestcom to þam hælende on niht. & brohte wyrt-gemang& a-loen swylche hund-twentig boxa.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Nychodeme cam also, that hadde come to hym first bi nyyt, and brouyte a meddlynge of myrre and aloes, as it were an hundrid pound.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd ther cam also Nicodemus which at the beginnynge came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre and aloes mingled to gether aboute an hundred pounde wayght
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd there came also Nicodemus (who at the first came to Jesus by night) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Mixture

LanguageJohn Chapter 19, Verse 39
CebuanoUg usab si Nicodemo, siya nga kaniadto mao gani ang nakigkita kang Jesus sa takna sa kagabhion, miadto nga nagdalag mga kalim-an ka kilo nga sinakot nga mirra ug aloe.
CroatianA doðe i Nikodem - koji je ono prije bio došao Isusu noæu - i donese sa sobom oko sto libara smjese smirne i aloja.
DanishMen også Nikodemus, som første Gang var kommen til Jesus om Natten, kom og bragte en Blanding af Myrra og Aloe, omtrent hundrede Pund.
FinnishTuli myös Nikodeemus, joka ensi kerran oli yöllä tullut Jeesuksen tykö, ja toi mirhan ja aloen seosta noin sata naulaa.
FrenchNicodème, qui auparavant était allé de nuit vers Jésus, vint aussi, apportant un mélange d`environ cent livres de myrrhe et d`aloès.
GermanEs kam aber auch Nikodemus, der vormals in der Nacht zu Jesus gekommen war, und brachte Myrrhe und Aloe untereinander bei hundert Pfunden.
Haitian CreoleNikodèm, nonm ki ta l' jwenn Jezi yon lè nan mitan lannwit lan, te vini tou. Li te pote senkant lit konsa yon odè yo rele lami melanje ak lalwa nan lwil.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariNikodemus, yang dahulu pernah datang kepada Yesus pada waktu malam, pergi juga bersama Yusuf. Nikodemus membawa ramuan mur dan gaharu--seluruhnya kira-kira tiga puluh kilogram banyaknya.
MaoriI haere mai ano a Nikorima, tera i haere ra i mua ki a Ihu i te po, me te mau mai ano i te maira, i te aroe, he mea whakananu, kia kotahi pea rau pauna.
NorwegianMen også Nikodemus kom, han som første gang var kommet til ham om natten, og han hadde med sig en blanding av myrra og aloë, omkring hundre pund.
PortugueseE Nicodemos, aquele que anteriormente viera ter com Jesus de noite, foi também, levando cerca de cem libras duma mistura de mirra e aloés.   
RumanianNicodim, care la knceput se dusese la Isus, noaptea, a venit wi el, wi a adus o amestecqturq de aproape o sutq de litri de smirnq wi de aloe.
ShuarNikiutémusha Jesusjai chichastaj tusa kashi tarimia nu Jimiará kunkuin pachimpramun ti nukap sumak itiamiayi. Mira kunkuinniasha Aruí kunkuinniasha sumakmiayi.
SpanishTambién Nicodemo, que al principio había venido a Jesús de noche, fue llevando un compuesto de mirra y áloes, como cien libras.
SwahiliNaye Nikodemo ambaye hapo awali alikuwa amemwendea Yesu usiku, akaja akiwa amechukua mchanganyiko wa manemane na ubani kiasi cha kilo thelathini.
SwedishOch jämväl Nikodemus kom dit, han som första gången hade besökt honom om natten; denne förde med sig en blandning av myrra och aloe, vid pass hundra skålpund.
UmaDohe Yusuf, ria wo'o Nikodemus, to ria-imi hangkani mpencuai' Yesus ngkabengia. Nikodemus toei ngkeni anu mohonga to rahanga' mur pai' gaharu, kira-kira tolu mpulu' kilo katomo-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mixture

Derivations

Words beginning with "mixture": mixtures. (additional references)

Words ending with "mixture": admixture, commixture, immixture, intermixture. (additional references)

Words containing "mixture": admixtures, commixtures, immixtures, intermixtures. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Mixture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Magstore, midtour, Mistura, misture, mixta, mixtura, mixure, multure. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mixture"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "mixture" (pronounced mi"kskher)
5-i" k s kh erfixture.
4-k s kh ertexture.
3-s kh ergesture, moisture, pasture, posture.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Mixture

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-m-r-t-u-x"

-1 letter: iterum, remixt.

-2 letters: merit, mirex, miter, mitre, mixer, murex, muter, remit, remix, timer, uteri.

-3 letters: emir, emit, etui, exit, item, mire, mite, mixt, mure, mute, rime, rite, term, tier, time, tire, trim, true.

-4 letters: emu, ire, met, mir, mix, mut, rei, rem, ret, rex, rim, rue, rum, rut, tie, tui, tux.

-5 letters: em, er, et.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-m-r-t-u-x"
 

+1 letter: mixtures.

 

+2 letters: admixture, immixture.

 

+3 letters: admixtures, commixture, immixtures.

 

+4 letters: commixtures, multiplexer, multiplexor.

 

+5 letters: ambidextrous, extramusical, intermixture, multiplexers, multiplexors, xiphisternum.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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