mixture

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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/
• Hyphenation: mix‧ture

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

2. Something produced by mixing.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms

Related terms

• mix
• mixer

Translations

Further reading

• “mixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mixture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mik.styʁ/

Noun

mixture f (plural mixtures)

1. mixture

Further reading

• “mixture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Participle

mixtūre

1. vocative masculine singular of mixtūrus

Portuguese

Verb

mixture

1. inflection of mixturar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

mixture

1. inflection of mixturar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative