melange
A mixture of different thingsA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
Meaning
3 sensesA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
The room was a melange of comic books and posters.
Melange
вся́кая вся́чинаvsjákaja vsjáčina, мешани́наmešanína, сбо́рная соля́нкаsbórnaja soljánka
a motley assortment of things
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
Melange
A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Translations
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Origin
From French mélange, from Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, mesliFrom French mélange, from Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), derived from mescler (“to mingle, mix up”) (modern French mêler), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō (“mix”) + -inges, a suffix from Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”). More at mix, -ing.
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Forms
plural: melangesSynonyms
12 synonyms- a motley assortment of things:odds and endsoddmentsfarragoragbagmishmashmingle-manglehodgepodgehotchpotch