mixte

British  

/ ˈmɪkstɪ /

adjective

1. of or denoting a type of bicycle frame, usually for women, in which angled twin lateral tubes run back to the rear axle

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Etymology

Origin of mixte

C20: from French

Example Sentences

But in France, when the two are paired, the board itself stops being called a "charcuterie" board and becomes a more aptly named planche mixte, or mixed board.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

His baritone comfortably encompasses Schumann’s gracious melodies, with a voix mixte so gorgeous you could mistake him for a tenor, and a robustness that brings to mind the bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

The opening-night critics agreed, with James Jorden in the New York Observer praising him for “floating out the lyrical aria in a seamless voix mixte crowned with a perfectly placed pianissimo high C.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2016

Their language is a speache mixte of the Scithians and Medes.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard