Mixtape
nounA compilation of songs recorded or assembled in a chosen order, originally onto a cassette and later in digital form.
How to spell mixtape
7 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce mixtape
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does mixtape mean?
- nounA compilation of songs recorded or assembled in a chosen order, originally onto a cassette and later in digital form.
Mixtape in a sentence
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He made her a mixtape of their favourite songs for the long drive.
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The rapper released a free mixtape online before his debut album.
Where does mixtape come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is a transparent modern compound of the everyday English words 'mix' and 'tape'. 'Mix' descends from Latin 'miscere', meaning 'to blend or mingle', which reached English through Old French and the related adjective 'mixt'. 'Tape' is a native Old English word, 'taeppe', describing a narrow strip or band of cloth, a sense that stretched neatly to cover the thin magnetic ribbon used in cassette recording. The combined term arose in the late 1970s and flourished in the 1980s, when fans recorded personally chosen songs onto blank audio cassettes, often as gifts. The spelling trap is simply remembering that it is one closed word with the silent-looking but fully pronounced 'x' of 'mix' butting straight against 'tape', with no hyphen and no spare 'e'.
How the word is built
- mix (to combine)
- tape (magnetic recording medium)
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