Remixes

How to spell remixes

7 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce remixes

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does remixes mean?

1. nounNew versions of recordings created by rearranging or altering the original audio tracks.
2. verbRearranges or reworks the separate tracks of a recording to create a new version.

Remixes in a sentence

• noun

  The deluxe album includes three club remixes of the lead single.

• verb

  The producer remixes old soul records for modern radio.

• noun

  Several remixes topped the dance charts before the original did.

• verb

  She remixes her own demos every time inspiration strikes.

Where does remixes come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This is the plural noun and third-person verb form of 'remix', a modern coinage that joins the prefix 're-' to the verb 'mix'. The prefix 're-' comes straight from Latin, where it meant 'again' or 'back', the same element that powers 'repeat' and 'return'. The root 'mix' traces to the Latin verb miscere, meaning 'to blend or mingle', which reached English through Old French and was firmly established by the late 1500s. 'Remix' itself is a much younger word, born in the recording studios of the 1970s, when engineers literally mixed the separate audio tracks of a song again to produce a new version. From that technical sense it spread quickly into popular music and then into wider use for any reworking of existing material. The spelling is reassuringly regular: keep the single 'm' from 'mix' and simply add '-es' because the word ends in 'x'.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• mix (from Latin miscere: to mix)
• -es (plural noun / third-person verb suffix)