"pêle-mêle" meaning in French

See pêle-mêle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /pɛl.mɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-pêle-mêle.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pêle-mêle.wav
Etymology: Earlier pesle-mesle, of uncertain origin. Head templates: {{fr-adv|head=pêle-mêle}} pêle-mêle
  1. any old how, at random, chaotically, pell-mell Synonyms: confusément
    Sense id: en-pêle-mêle-fr-adv-UbXU0nyM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 94 1 5 Disambiguation of French reduplications: 89 3 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pêlemêle (1990 reform spelling)

Noun

IPA: /pɛl.mɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-pêle-mêle.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pêle-mêle.wav Forms: pêle-mêle [plural], pêle-mêles [plural]
Etymology: Earlier pesle-mesle, of uncertain origin. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#|+|nolinkhead=1}} pêle-mêle m (plural pêle-mêle or pêle-mêles)
  1. disorder, confusion Tags: masculine Synonyms: fouillis, fourbi
    Sense id: en-pêle-mêle-fr-noun-edIFK7XC
  2. frame containing multiple photos Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pêle-mêle-fr-noun-G6sVvUd~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pêlemêle (1990 reform spelling)

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "ref": "2009 May 25, Samuel Laurent, quoting Julien Coupat, “Coupat : «ma détention est une petite vengeance»”, in Le Figaro, retrieved 2021-06-05:",
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        [
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          "pell-mell"
        ]
      ],
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  "etymology_text": "Earlier pesle-mesle, of uncertain origin.",
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      "form": "pêle-mêle",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "The wind is full of this mystery, as is the sea. It too is complicated: beneath its waves of water, which one can see, it has its waves of force, which one cannot. It is made up of all sorts of things. Of all the world's muddles, the ocean is the most indivisible, and the most profound.",
          "ref": "1866, Victor Hugo, “Un mot sur la collaboration secrète des éléments”, in Les Travailleurs de la mer [Toilers of the Sea]:",
          "text": "Le vent est plein de ce mystère. De même la mer. Elle aussi est compliquée ; sous ses vagues d’eau, qu’on voit, elle a ses vagues de forces, qu’on ne voit pas. Elle se compose de tout. De tous les pêle-mêle, l’océan est le plus indivisible et le plus profond.",
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        },
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          "word": "fourbi"
        }
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          "photo",
          "photo"
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      ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pêlemêle (1990 reform spelling)"
    }
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    },
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        {
          "english": "The wind is full of this mystery, as is the sea. It too is complicated: beneath its waves of water, which one can see, it has its waves of force, which one cannot. It is made up of all sorts of things. Of all the world's muddles, the ocean is the most indivisible, and the most profound.",
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