mishmash

English

Alternative forms

• mish-mash

Etymology

From Old English as reduplication of “mash”

Noun

mishmash (plural mishmashes)

1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things

Synonyms

• farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, melting pot, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

a collection of miscellany

• Czech: mišmaš (cs) m, všehochuť (cs) f
• Dutch: mikmak (nl) m
• Finnish: sekamelska (fi)
• French: méli-mélo (fr), mélimélo (fr) m
• German: Mischmasch (de)

• Hungarian: mismás
• Polish: miszmasz (pl)
• Portuguese: gororoba (pt) f
• Russian: всякая всячина (ru) (vsjákaja vsjáčina) f
• Spanish: amasijo (es) m, fárrago (es) m

Verb

mishmash (third-person singular simple present mishmashes, present participle mishmashing, simple past and past participle mishmashed)

1. (transitive) To mix together, especially in a confused way.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed together.