name · noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɪksə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A fan of the British girl group Little Mix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Little Mixer
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A member of the British girl group Little Mix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Little Mixer
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
One who mixes or socializes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A mixing console.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sound engineering
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Synonyms: none provided
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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10
noun
Meaning 10
Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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11
noun
Meaning 11
A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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12
noun
Meaning 12
A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sociable, social
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: party
History
Etymology
Unexplained.
Etymology tree English (Little) Mix Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Mixer From (Little) Mix + -er.
Etymology tree English mix Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mixer From mix + -er.
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
смеси́тел
(smesítel)
— a device that blends
Bulgarian:
бърка́лка
(bǎrkálka)
— a device that blends
Finnish:
sekoitin
— a device that blends
Indonesian:
pengaduk
— a device that blends
Indonesian:
pengocok
— a device that blends
Māori:
pūwhakaranu
— a device that blends
Russian:
смеси́тель
(smesítelʹ)
— a device that blends
Russian:
сме́шиватель
(sméšivatelʹ)
— a device that blends
Albanian:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Arabic:
خَلَّاط
(ḵallāṭ)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Arabic:
خَفَّاقَة
(ḵaffāqa)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Arabic:
مِخْفَقَة
(miḵfaqa)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Arabic:
خَلَّاط
(ḵallāṭ)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Armenian:
հարիչ
(haričʻ)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Azerbaijani:
qarışdırıcı
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
мі́ксер
(míksjer)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
мі́ксэр
(míkser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
зме́швальнік
(zmjéšvalʹnik)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
змяша́льнік
(zmjašálʹnik)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
мяша́лка
(mjašálka)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
ме́шалка
(mjéšalka)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Belarusian:
блэ́ндар
(bléndar)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Bulgarian:
ми́ксер
(míkser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Catalan:
batedora
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Chinese Mandarin:
混合器
(hùnhéqì)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Chinese Mandarin:
混頻器 /混频器
(hùnpínqì)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Czech:
mixér
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Danish:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Danish:
håndmikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Danish:
blender
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Dutch:
mengar
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Esperanto:
miksilo
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Estonian:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Finnish:
vatkain
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Finnish:
sekoitin
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
French:
batte-beurre
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
French:
mixeur
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
French:
robot mixeur
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
French:
batteur
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
German:
Mixer
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Greek:
μίξερ
(míxer)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Hindi:
मथानी
(mathānī)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Hungarian:
turmixgép
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Indonesian:
pengadon
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Indonesian:
pencampur
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Indonesian:
pengaduk
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Italian:
sbattitore
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Japanese:
ミキサー
(mikisā)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Kazakh:
миксер
(mikser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Korean:
믹서
(mikseo)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Kyrgyz:
миксер
(mikser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Latin:
promiscuus
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Macedonian:
миксер
(mikser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Macedonian:
блендер
(blender)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norman:
mixeu
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Bokmål:
blander
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Bokmål:
blandemaskin
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Bokmål:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Nynorsk:
blandar
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Nynorsk:
blandemaskin
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Norwegian Nynorsk:
miksar
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Persian:
میکسر
(mikser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Polish:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Polish:
robot kuchenny
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Portuguese:
batedeira
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Portuguese:
varinha mágica
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Romanian:
mixer
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Russian:
ми́ксер
(míkser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Russian:
смеси́тель
(smesítelʹ)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Russian:
меша́лка
(mešálka)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Russian:
бле́ндер
(blɛ́ndɛr)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Serbo-Croatian:
мешалица
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Serbo-Croatian:
мешало
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Serbo-Croatian:
mešalica
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Serbo-Croatian:
mešalo
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Slovak:
mixér
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Slovene:
mešalec
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Slovene:
mešalnik
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Spanish:
batidora (amasadora)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Swedish:
mixer
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Swedish:
matberednings
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Turkish:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Ukrainian:
мі́ксер
(míkser)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Ukrainian:
змі́шувач
(zmíšuvač)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Ukrainian:
міша́лка
(mišálka)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Ukrainian:
бле́ндер
(blénder)
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Uzbek:
mikser
— machine that mixes or beats ingredients
Russian:
ми́кшер
(míkšer)
— sound engineering device or software
Finnish:
mikseri
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
Finnish:
blandis
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
Finnish:
lantrinki
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
German:
Mischgetränk
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
Indonesian:
koktail campur
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
Indonesian:
minuman mikser
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails
Swedish:
groggvirke
— non-alcoholic drink in the preparation of cocktails