melange

== English == === Etymology === From French mélange, from Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), derived from mescler (“to mingle, mix up”) (modern French mêler), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō (“mix”) + -inges, a suffix from Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”). More at mix, -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈlɑnʒ/, /meɪ-/, /-ˈlɑndʒ/ === Noun === melange (plural melanges) A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee. (geology) A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment. ==== Alternative forms ==== mélange ==== Synonyms ==== (collection of a variety of things): assortment, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mixture, omnium-gatherum, ragbag See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === gleeman