mixture

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English

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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

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

  1. The act of mixing.
    The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
  2. Something produced by mixing.
    An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
  3. Something that consists of diverse elements.
    The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
  4. 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
  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.

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Further reading

French

Etymology

From Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

mixture f (plural mixtures)

  1. mixture

Further reading

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