jumble

jumble

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒʌmbəl/

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  Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump +‎ -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.

Verb

jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)

1. (transitive) To mix or confuse.
   • Burton

     Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?

   • Tennyson

     Every clime and age jumbled together.

2. (intransitive) To meet or unite in a confused way.

   I tried to study, but in my half-awake state, all of the concepts seemed to jumble together.

Derived terms

• jumble up

Translations

to mix or confuse

Finnish: sotkea (fi) French: mélanger (fr) Georgian: შერევა (šereva), არევა (areva), შეშლა (šešla) German: durcheinanderbringen (de), durcheinanderwerfen Italian: ingarbugliare Occitan: mesclar (oc)

Portuguese: misturar (pt) Russian: смешивать (ru) impf (smešivatʹ), смешать (ru) pf (smešatʹ), перемешивать (ru) impf (peremešivatʹ), перемешать (ru) pf (peremešatʹ), перепу́тывать (ru) impf (perepútyvatʹ), перепутать (ru) pf (pereputatʹ) Sotho: ocinitafsta Spanish: mezclar (es), confundir (es) Turkish: karıştırmak (tr)

Noun

jumble (countable and uncountable, plural jumbles)

1. A mixture of unrelated things.
2. (uncountable, Britain) Items for a rummage sale.
3. (countable, Britain, informal) A rummage sale.
   • 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat

     "That's a nice coat," said Bella. "I used to have one like that. Got it at a jumble. But it didn't suit me. You look great in it."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

mixture of unrelated things

Armenian: զանգված (hy) (zangvac) Dutch: mengelmoes (nl) Finnish: sekasotku (fi), sekamelska (fi) Georgian: ნარევი (narevi), აურზაური (ka) (aurzauri) German: Durcheinander (de) n, Mischmasch (de) m, Wirrwarr (de) n Italian: accozzaglia (it) f, guazzabuglio (it) m, paccottiglia (it) f, chincaglieria f, cianfrusaglia (it) f, zibaldone (it) m, coacervo (it) m

Occitan: mixtura, mescla, mescladís (oc), barrejadís Portuguese: misto (pt) m Russian: ку́ча (ru) f (kúča) (heap, pile), пу́таница (ru) f (pútanica) (mess, tangle) Spanish: revuelo (es) m, revoltijo (es) m, jaleo (es) m Turkish: karışıklık (tr)

Items for a rummage sale

Finnish: myyjäisesineet pl

German: Trödel (de) m

See also

• jumble sale

Noun

jumble (plural jumbles)

1. (archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.