mishmash

mishmash

See also: mish-mash

English

Alternative forms

• mish-mash
• mishmosh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/

Noun

mishmash (plural mishmashes)

1. 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)

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

Anagrams

• Shim Sham, shammish