• (British) IPA: /kənˈkɒkʃən/
• (America) IPA: /kənˈkɑkʃɪn/, /kəŋˈkɑkʃɪn/

concoction

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

     , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:

     [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

5. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
6. (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
7. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

• German: Mischen
• Italian: mistura, intruglio, miscuglio

• German: Mischung, Zubereitung, Gemisch
• Spanish: brebaje, poción, mejunje, cocimiento

• Italian: macchinazione, accrocco, lavoro abborracciato