intermix

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈmɪks/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmɪks/, [ˌɪnɾ̃ɚˈmɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Verb

intermix (third-person singular simple present intermixes, present participle intermixing, simple past and past participle intermixed)

1. (transitive) To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
   • 2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 August 2025:

     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.

Derived terms

• intermixable
• intermixer
• intermixingly
• intermixture

Translations

mix together

• French: entremêler (fr), mélanger (fr)
• Spanish: entremezclar (es), entreverar (es)

Noun

intermix (plural intermixes)

1. An intermixture; the product of mixing together
   • 1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction‎^[2], →ISBN, page 83:

     This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.

Translations

intermixture — see intermixture