mishmash

See also: mish-mash

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English as reduplication of “mash”. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask, and German Mischmasch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/

Noun

mishmash (plural mishmashes)

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 m, všehochuť f
Dutch: mikmak (nl) m
Finnish: sekamelska (fi)
French: méli-mélo (fr), mélimélo (fr) m
German: Mischmasch (de)
Hebrew: מִישְׁמָשׁ‎ m (míshmash)
Hungarian: mismás (hu)

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

mishmash (third-person singular simple present mishmashes, present participle mishmashing, simple past and past participle mishmashed)

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

Anagrams

Shim Sham, shammish

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