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See also: Mix and міх

English

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Etymology 1

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”). More at mash.

Verb

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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mix
infinitive (to) mix
present tense past tense
1st-person singular mix mixed, mix'd†, mixt†
2nd-person singular mix, mixest† mixed, mixedst†, mix'd†, mixt†
3rd-person singular mixes, mixeth† mixed, mix'd†, mixt†
plural mix
subjunctive mix mixed, mix'd†, mixt†
imperative mix —
participles mixing mixed, mix'd†, mixt†

†Archaic or obsolete.

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Etymology 2

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

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:
      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. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
    The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
  4. (music) The finished version of a recording.
    I've almost finished the mix for this song.
  5. (US, slang, uncountable) A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.
    Synonym: cut
    • 1977, John Allen, chapter 11, in Assault with a Deadly Weapon: The Autobiography of a Street Criminal,‎, 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Polish: miks
  • → Turkish: miks, mix
Translations

References

  1. ^ Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, "Mix."
  2. ^ Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, New York: Routledge, 2009, p. 665.

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Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Andalusian Arabic مش (mašš).

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Noun

mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)

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

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Chinese

Etymology

From English mix.

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Noun

mix

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

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Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

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.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

Noun

mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)

  1. mix, mixture
  2. hybrid

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

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Noun

mix m (plural mix or mixes)

  1. (music) mix

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German

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Verb

mix

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

Spanish

Noun

mix m (plural mix)

  1. mix
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