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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSammelsurium
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Sammelsurium
"Das Zimmer war ein Sammelsurium von alten Möbeln."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A confused mixture of diverse things.
"The museum's collection is a hodgepodge of unrelated artifacts."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: alteration of hotchpotch, from Old French hochpoch, from hocher 'to shake' + poche 'bag'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "hodgepodge" is said worldwide
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bazar
Transliteration: bazar
"Son bureau est un véritable bazar."
Sammelsurium
Transliteration: Sammelsurium
"Das Zimmer war ein Sammelsurium von alten Möbeln."
ammasso
Transliteration: ammasso
"La sua tesi era un ammasso di idee confuse."
revoltijo
Transliteration: revoltijo
"El cajón era un revoltijo de papeles y bolígrafos."
sopas-de-cavalo-cansado
Transliteration: sopas-de-cavalo-cansado
Script: mistureba
"Aquele livro é uma mistureba de gêneros literários."
खिचड़ी
Transliteration: khichdi
"उसकी योजना विचारों की एक खिचड़ी थी।"
大杂烩
Transliteration: dà zá huì
"这场展览是一场艺术的大杂烩。"
뒤죽박죽
Transliteration: dujuksapjuk
"그의 방은 물건들이 뒤죽박죽 섞여 있었다."
寄せ集め
Transliteration: yoseatsume
"その資料は情報の寄せ集めにすぎない。"
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