mixture

== English == === 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪkstʃə/ (General American) enPR: mĭksʹchər, IPA(key): /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ Hyphenation: mix‧ture === Noun === mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures) The act of mixing. Something produced by mixing. Synonym: amalgam Something that consists of diverse elements. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution (music) A compound organ stop. A cloth of variegated colouring. (India, Sri Lanka) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mix mixer ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “mixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mixture”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mik.styʁ/ === Noun === mixture f (plural mixtures) mixture === Further reading === “mixture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Participle === mixtūre vocative masculine singular of mixtūrus == Portuguese == === Verb === mixture inflection of mixturar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === mixture inflection of mixturar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative