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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
intermix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmɪks/ (General-American)
- [ˌɪnɾ̃ɚˈmɪks] (General-American)
- /ˌɪntəˈmɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English mix
English intermix
From inter- + mix.
Meanings
-
An intermixture; the product of mixing together
This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.
1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction, →ISBN, page 83:
Forms
intermix en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmɪks/ (General-American)
- [ˌɪnɾ̃ɚˈmɪks] (General-American)
- /ˌɪntəˈmɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English mix
English intermix
From inter- + mix.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut.
2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times:
Forms
Deriveds
intermixingly · intermixture · intermixable · intermixer
Translations (4)
es entreverar (mix together) · es entremezclar (mix together) · fr entremêler (mix together) · fr mélanger (mix together)