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mé⋅lange

  [mey-lahnzh, -lahnj]
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–noun, plural -langes  [-lahnzh, -lahn-jiz] .
a mixture; medley.
Origin:
1645–55; < F; OF meslance, equiv. to mesl(er) to mix (see meddle ) + -ance n. suffix ≪ Gmc -ingō -ing 1
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mé·lange also me·lange   (mā-läɴzh')   
n.  

  1. A mixture: "[a] building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes" (Howard Kaplan).

  2. Geology A metamorphic rock formation created from sediments and rocks scraped off the top of a downward-moving tectonic plate in a subduction zone.


[French, from Old French meslance, from mesler, to mix; see meddle.]
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Word Origin & History

melange 
1653, from Fr. mélange, from mêler "to mix, mingle," from O.Fr. mesler (see meddle).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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