mishmash

See also: mish-mash

English

Alternative forms

• mish-mash
• mishmosh

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English as reduplication of “mash”. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask, and German Mischmasch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ

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 Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

a collection of miscellany

• Catalan: poti-poti m, farrigo-farrago m
• Czech: mišmaš (cs) m, všehochuť f
• Dutch: mikmak (nl) m
• Finnish: sekamelska (fi)
• French: méli-mélo (fr), mélimélo (fr) m
• Galician: maravalla (gl) f, miscelánea f
• German: Mischmasch (de)
• Hebrew: מִישְׁמָשׁ m (míshmash)
• Hungarian: mismás (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: rojak
• Irish: meascán m
• Latin: farrāgō f
• Malay: rojak
• Polish: miszmasz (pl)
• Portuguese: confusão (pt) f, mixórdia (pt) f, mistifório m
• Russian: вся́кая вся́чина (ru) f (vsjákaja vsjáčina)
• Spanish: amasijo (es) m, fárrago (es) m
• Welsh: cymysgwch m

Verb

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

Anagrams

• Shim Sham, shammish