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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈlɑnʒ/, /meɪ-/, /-ˈlɑndʒ/ Audio: en-us-melange.ogg [US] Forms: melanges [plural]
Etymology: From 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|mélange}} French mélange, {{der|en|frm|mélange}} Middle French mélange, {{m|frm|meslange}} meslange, {{der|en|fro|meslance}} Old French meslance, {{m|fro|meslinges|t=set of diverse elements}} meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), {{m|fro|mescler|t=to mingle, mix up}} mescler (“to mingle, mix up”), {{cog|fr|mêler}} French mêler, {{der|en|VL.||*misculāre}} Vulgar Latin *misculāre, {{der|en|la|misceō|t=mix}} Latin misceō (“mix”), {{m|en|-inges}} -inges, {{der|en|frk|*-ingo|t=-ing}} Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”), {{m|en|mix}} mix, {{m|en|-ing}} -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} melange (plural melanges)
  1. A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. Synonyms (collection of a variety of things): assortment, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mixture, omnium-gatherum, ragbag Translations (collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things): смесица (smesica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), směs [feminine] (Czech), blanding [common-gender] (Danish), blandingur [masculine] (Faroese), sekamelska (Finnish), Melange [feminine] (German), mieszanina [feminine] (Polish), melanż [masculine] (Polish), melanj [neuter] (Romanian), вся́кая вся́чина (vsjákaja vsjáčina) [feminine] (Russian), мешани́на (mešanína) [feminine] (Russian), сбо́рная соля́нка (sbórnaja soljánka) [feminine] (Russian), zmes [feminine] (Slovak), mezcolanza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-melange-en-noun-n024ylWk Disambiguation of 'collection of a variety of things': 75 12 13 Disambiguation of 'collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things': 75 13 12
  2. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee. Translations (Viennese coffee speciality): меланж (melanž) (Bulgarian), melange (Finnish), Melange [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-melange-en-noun-9rGsH--8 Disambiguation of 'Viennese coffee speciality': 1 91 8
  3. (geology) A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-melange-en-noun-lShfUmkW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 46 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: mélange

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вся́кая вся́чина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešanína",
      "sense": "collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мешани́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbórnaja soljánka",
      "sense": "collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сбо́рная соля́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mezcolanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "melanž",
      "sense": "Viennese coffee speciality",
      "word": "меланж"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Viennese coffee speciality",
      "word": "melange"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Viennese coffee speciality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Melange"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melange"
}

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