hodgepodge

n.
A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble.

[Alteration of Middle English hochepot, from Old French, stew. See hotchpot.]

noun

A collection of various things: assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety. Slang grab bag. See collect/distribute.

n

Definition: mixture, mess
Antonyms: singularity

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a motley assortment of things
  Synonyms: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum

Meaning #2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
  Synonyms: patchwork, jumble

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ruskomsnusk

Nederlands (Dutch)
ratjetoe, hutspot

Français (French)
n. - ramassis, bric-à-brac

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mischmasch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) ραγού

Italiano (Italian)
piatto preparato con vari ingredienti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confusão (f)

Русский (Russian)
всякая всячина

Español (Spanish)
n. - mezcolanza, batiburillo, ropa vieja

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hotchpotchsoppa, röra (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
混煮, 混淆, 杂菜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 混煮, 混淆, 雜菜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡탕찜, 혼동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ごたまぜ
v. - ごた混ぜにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خليط أو مزيج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערבוביה, בליל‬

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