mixed

English

Alternative forms

• mixt (obsolete, Latinate spelling)

Etymology

From mix, equivalent to mix +‎ -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.

In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪkst/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪkst

Verb

mixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of mix

Adjective

mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)

1. Having two or more separate aspects.

   I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.

2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

   My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.

3. Including both male(s) and female(s).

   The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.

   My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.

4. Stemming from two or more races or breeds

   The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.

   Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

Synonyms

• (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
• (not pure): impure
• (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated
• (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel

Antonyms

• (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
• (not pure): pure
• (including both males and females): single-sex
• (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred

Derived terms

Terms derived from mixed (adjective)

• mixed blessing
• mixed bud
• mixed company
• mixed doubles
• mixed drink
• mixed farming
• mixed feelings
• mixed gauge
• mixed marriage
• mixed message
• mixed number
• mixed-traffic
• mixed train
• ready-mixed

 

Related terms

• mixer
• mixture

Translations

having two or more separate aspects

• Arabic: مُخْتَلِط‎ (muḵtaliṭ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مخلوط‎ (maḵlūṭ)

• Armenian: խառն (hy) (xaṙn)
• Azerbaijani: qarışıq, qatışıq
• Bulgarian: разнороден (bg) (raznoroden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混合 (zh) (hùnhé)

• Czech: smíšený (cs) m
• Danish: blandet
• Dutch: gemengd (nl)
• Finnish: sekoitettu (fi)
• French: mélangé (fr), mêlé (fr), mixte (fr)
• Galician: mixto m
• German: gemischt (de)
• Irish: measctha
• Italian: misto (it)

• Japanese: 混合した (kongō-shita), 交じった (まじった, majitta)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تێکەڵاو‎ (têkellaw)

  Northern Kurdish: têkel (ku)

• Latin: mixtus, miscellāneus, miscellus
• Norman: mêlé
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blandet

• Portuguese: misto (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m or n, mixt (ro) m or n
• Russian: сме́шанный (ru) (sméšannyj)
• Sanskrit: मिश्र (sa) (miśra)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Spanish: mixto (es)
• Swedish: blandad (sv)
• Volapük: pemigöl (vo)

not completely pure, tainted or adulterated

• Azerbaijani: qatışıqlı, qatışıq
• Bulgarian: примесен (bg) (primesen)
• Dutch: onzuiver (nl), verdeeld (nl)

• Portuguese: misturado (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m or n, impur (ro) m or n

including both males and females

• Bulgarian: смесен (bg) (smesen)
• Danish: blandet
• Dutch: gemengd (nl)
• German: gemischt (de)
• Irish: measctha
• Portuguese: misto (pt)

• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Spanish: mixto (es)

Stemming from two or more races or breeds

• Danish: blandet
• Dutch: gemengdbloedig, onzuiver (nl)
• German: gemischt (de), vermischt (de)
• Irish: measctha, ilchultúrtha
• Japanese: 混血の (こんけつの, konketsu no), ハーフの (hāfu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blandet

• Portuguese: mestiço (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Spanish: mixto (es), mestizo (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: mixte

Anagrams

• demix