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mix¹

  • /ˈmɪks/

Sounds like micks, Micks, Mick's · Rhymes with -ɪks

Where it comes from

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), 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 μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “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.

verb mixes · mixing · mixed · mix

  1. transitive To stir together. Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

    Similar: blend

  2. transitive To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). to mix business with pleasure

    Similar: mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up

  3. ambitransitive 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.
  4. transitive To blend by the use of a mixer (machine). Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
  5. transitive To combine (several tracks). I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
  6. transitive To produce a finished version of (a recording). I'm almost done mixing this song.
  7. ambitransitive To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.

Similar: combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up, admix, amalgamate, bemingle, commingle, intermingle, involve, mang, meddle, ming, mix · Opposite: disentangle, purify, unmix

mix²

  • /ˈmɪks/

Sounds like micks, Micks, Mick's · Rhymes with -ɪks

Where it comes from

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.

noun mixes

  1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. Now add the raisins to the mix.
  2. The result of combining items normally kept separate. My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
  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. The result of mixing several tracks. The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
  5. 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. 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.

    Similar: cut

Mix³

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. From the surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: immix, mixture, admixture, commix, blend, commixture, mingle, commingle, amalgamate, conflate, meld, merge, coalesce, combine, integrate, unify

verb

Similar: combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up, admix, amalgamate, bemingle, commingle, intermingle, involve, mang, meddle, ming, mix · Opposite: disentangle, purify, unmix

Translations

Every language

verb stir two or more substances together

Españolmezclar, mesclar, mixturar, liquor, champurrar, chapurrar
한국어섞다 seokda
日本語混ぜる mazeru
中文混合 hùnhé, 攪拌 /搅拌 jiǎobàn
हिन्दीमिलाना milānā
Portuguêsmisturar
Françaismélanger
Deutschmischen, vermischen, vermengen, mixen
Italianomischiare, mixare, mescolare
Ελληνικάαναμιγνύω anamignýo
Românăamesteca, mesteca
Русскийсме́шивать sméšivatʹ, смеша́ть smešátʹ, меша́ть mešátʹ, помеша́ть pomešátʹ, размеша́ть razmešátʹ
Tiếng Việtpha
العربيةخَلَطَ ḵalaṭa, مَزَجَ mazaja

verb combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate

Françaismêler
Românăamesteca
Русскийсме́шивать sméšivatʹ, смеша́ть smešátʹ, перепу́тывать perepútyvatʹ, перепу́тать perepútatʹ

verb music: combine several tracks

Españolmezclar
Portuguêsmixar
Françaismixer
Deutschmischen, abmischen, mixen
Italianomixare
Русскийсме́шивать sméšivatʹ, смеша́ть smešátʹ, миксова́ть miksovátʹ, замиксова́ть zamiksovátʹ

noun result of mixing two or more substances

Españolmezcla, mixtura
Françaismélange
DeutschMischung
Italianomistura, mescola, mix, frammisto
Românăamestec, mixtură, amestecătură
Русскийсмесь smesʹ

noun result of combining items normally kept separate

Españolmezcla
Românăamestec
Русскийсмесь smesʹ

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@misc{mix_2026,
  title = {mix},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}