mixer

See also: Mixer and mixér

English

Etymology

mix +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪksə(r)

Noun

mixer (plural mixers)

  1. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
  2. One who mixes or socializes.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
      Bad mixer as he was, he preferred to be "out of it" in a crowd than out of it altogether.
  3. A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
  4. A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
    Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
  5. mixing console
  6. (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
  7. A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mik.se/

Verb

mixer

  1. to mix
Conjugation
Conjugation of mixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle mixant
/mik.sɑ̃/
past participle mixé
/mik.se/
infinitive
simple mixer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple mixant
/mik.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mixe
/miks/		 mixes
/miks/		 mixe
/miks/		 mixons
/mik.sɔ̃/		 mixez
/mik.se/		 mixent
/miks/
imperfect mixais
/mik.sɛ/		 mixais
/mik.sɛ/		 mixait
/mik.sɛ/		 mixions
/mik.sjɔ̃/		 mixiez
/mik.sje/		 mixaient
/mik.sɛ/
past historic2 mixai
/mik.se/		 mixas
/mik.sa/		 mixa
/mik.sa/		 mixâmes
/mik.sam/		 mixâtes
/mik.sat/		 mixèrent
/mik.sɛʁ/
future mixerai
/mik.sə.ʁe/		 mixeras
/mik.sə.ʁa/		 mixera
/mik.sə.ʁa/		 mixerons
/mik.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 mixerez
/mik.sə.ʁe/		 mixeront
/mik.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mixerais
/mik.sə.ʁɛ/		 mixerais
/mik.sə.ʁɛ/		 mixerait
/mik.sə.ʁɛ/		 mixerions
/mik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 mixeriez
/mik.sə.ʁje/		 mixeraient
/mik.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mixe
/miks/		 mixes
/miks/		 mixe
/miks/		 mixions
/mik.sjɔ̃/		 mixiez
/mik.sje/		 mixent
/miks/
imperfect2 mixasse
/mik.sas/		 mixasses
/mik.sas/		 mixât
/mik.sa/		 mixassions
/mik.sa.sjɔ̃/		 mixassiez
/mik.sa.sje/		 mixassent
/mik.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mixe
/miks/		 — mixons
/mik.sɔ̃/		 mixez
/mik.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mixer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mik.sœʁ/

Noun

mixer m (plural mixers)

  1. mixer (machine for mixing)

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