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English
Etymology
From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
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Verb
mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)
- (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
- Synonyms: confuse, confound
1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Searching for Pride”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, , →OCLC, page 69:Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.
2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in New York Times:Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.
- (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
- To cause or allow to intermarry.
- To intermarry.
- (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience:a mingled, imperfect virtue
- (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The best feather of our wing have mingled sums
To buy a present for the emperor
- (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
- (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life:And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.
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To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
- Afrikaans: vermeng
- Bulgarian: смесвам (bg) (smesvam)
- Dutch: vermengen (nl)
- Finnish: sekoittaa (fi), sotkea (fi), yhdistää (fi)
- French: mélanger (fr)
- Galician: mesturar (gl)
- German: vermischen (de), vermengen (de), untermischen (de) (reflexive)
- Greek:
- Ancient: κεράννυμι (keránnumi)
- Italian: mescolare (it), rimestare (it), rigirare, amalgamare (it)
- Latin: misceo
- Maori: komiti, kōmitimiti
- Mongolian: хутгалдах (mn) (xutgaldax)
- Occitan: mesclar (oc)
- Persian: آمیختن (fa) (âmixtan)
- Portuguese: misturar (pt)
- Russian: сме́шивать (ru) impf (sméšivatʹ), смеша́ть (ru) pf (smešátʹ)
- Sanskrit: श्रीणाति (sa) (śrīṇāti)
- Scottish Gaelic: measg
- Spanish: mezclar (es)
- Tocharian B: (causative voice) triw-
- Ukrainian: змі́шувати impf (zmíšuvaty), зміша́ти pf (zmišáty)
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To associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
Obsolete: to put together, to join
To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
To become mixed or blended
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Noun
mingle (plural mingles)
- (obsolete) A mixture.
- The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group
2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting:When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
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