Standard Lemma guide

Mixer

name · noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪksə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 K S ER0 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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Meaning relationships

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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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: straight

14

noun

Meaning 14

Synonym of tumbler.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tumbler

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kitchen utensil

Narrower terms: blender, liquidizer, liquidiser, eggbeater, eggwhisk, electric mixer, whisk

16

noun

Meaning 16

electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic equipment

17

noun

Meaning 17

club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

18

noun

Meaning 18

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
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