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 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.

   The various studies produced mixed results.

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.

   • 1983 April 9, The Sustainer Committee, “Sustain GCN”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     We were the first paper to involve large numbers of gay men and lesbians: today, we remain the only truly mixed periodical in our community.

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

5. Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.

   The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.

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

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

Derived terms

• Jerusalem mixed grill
• mixed alphabet
• mixed astigmatism
• mixed bag
• mixed blessing
• mixed-blood
• mixed bud
• mixed chalice
• mixed climbing
• mixed company
• mixed conditional
• mixed connective tissue disease
• mixed declension
• mixed doubles
• mixed drink
• mixed economic
• mixed economy
• mixed farming
• mixed feelings
• mixed foursome
• mixed fraction
• mixed gauge
• mixed grill
• mixed grip
• mixed herbs
• mixed heritage
• mixed inhibition
• mixed initiative
• mixed-interval chord
• mixed language
• mixed larceny
• mixed manning
• mixed marriage
• mixed martial artist
• mixed martial arts
• mixed media
• mixed-member proportional
• mixed message
• mixed metaphor
• mixed methods
• mixed monarchy
• mixed mutation
• mixed number
• mixed nuts
• mixed origins
• mixed oxide
• mixed parentage
• mixed picture
• mixed plate
• mixed race
• mixed-race
• mixed reaction
• mixed reality
• mixed salt
• mixed-sex
• mixed signal
• mixed spice
• mixed-traffic
• mixed train
• mixed-up
• mixed-use
• ready-mixed

 

Related terms

• mixer
• mixture

Descendants

• → Russian: микст (mikst)

Translations

having two or more separate aspects

• Arabic: مُخْتَلِط (muḵtaliṭ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مخلوط (maḵlūṭ)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُلَخْبَط (mulaḵbaṭ), مخلوط (maḵlūṭ), مُخَرْبَط (muḵarbaṭ)

• 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)
• Turkish: karma (tr)
• Ukrainian: змі́шаний (zmíšanyj)
• Volapük: pemigöl (vo)

not completely pure, tainted or adulterated

• Azerbaijani: qatışıqlı, qatışıq
• Bulgarian: примесен (bg) (primesen)
• Dutch: onzuiver (nl), verdeeld (nl)
• Maori: nanu
• Portuguese: misturado (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m or n, impur (ro) m or n

including both males and females

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: مُخْتَلَط (muḵtalaṭ)

• 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 (ja) (こんけつの, konketsu no), ハーフの (ja) (hāfu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blandet

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: mixte (fr)

Anagrams

• demix