mixture
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪkstʃə/
- (General American) enPR: mĭksʹchər, IPA(key): /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mix‧ture
Noun
mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)
- The act of mixing.
- Something produced by mixing.
- Something that consists of diverse elements.
- A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
- A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
- (music) A compound organ stop.
- A cloth of variegated colouring.
- (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
Derived terms
Translations
act of mixing
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something produced by mixing
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something that consists of diverse elements
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medicinal compound
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French
Etymology
From Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mik.styʁ/
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Further reading
- “mixture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Portuguese
Verb
mixture
- inflection of mixturar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
mixture
- inflection of mixturar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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