mingle
English
/ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
verb
Definitions
- (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
- (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.
- (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
- (transitive) To put together; to join.
- (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
- (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English menglen suffix from English ming.
Origin
English
ming
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemingle English
- commingle English
- comminglement English
- commingler English
- enmingle English
- immingle English
- inmingle English
- intermingle English
- ming English
- mingleable English
- minglement English
- mingler English
- minglesome English
- minglest English
- mingleth English
- remingle English
- unmingle English
- beimengen German
- einmengen German
- mengen German
- vermengen German
- mengeling Dutch, Flemish
- mengen Dutch, Flemish
- mengsel Dutch, Flemish
- mengteelt Dutch, Flemish
- ontmengen Dutch, Flemish
- vermengen Dutch, Flemish
- menglen Middle English
- mingen Middle English
- mengen Middle Dutch