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melange

/məˈlɑnʒ/

melange noun: a mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.

Noun

melange (plural melanges)

  1. A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
    • The room was a melange of comic books and posters.
  2. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
  3. A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.

melange meaning in Urdu

melange in Urdu

خلط, کھچڑی, معجون, پنچ میل

Synonyms of melange

Forms of melange

pluralmelanges
alternative formmélange

Origin of melange

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.

Questions about melange

What does melange mean?
Melange means a mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
What is melange in Urdu?
Melange in Urdu is خلط, کھچڑی, معجون. See Melange meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is melange?
Melange is a noun.
How do you pronounce melange?
Melange is pronounced /məˈlɑnʒ/.
What is the plural of melange?
The plural of melange is melanges.

Words near melange in the dictionary

  1. Melanesianists
  2. Melanesians
  3. Melanesid
  4. Melanesids
  5. melanettin
  6. melange
  7. melanger
  8. melangers
  9. melanges
  10. melangeur
  11. melangeurs

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