mingle

M3I1N1G2L1E1
/ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/

verb

To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

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OriginMiddle English menglen →
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Meanings

mingle1

verbmingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)

present singular third person mingles · participle present mingling · participle past mingled · past mingled · first person past singular mingled · archaic present second person singular minglest · past second person singular mingled · archaic past second person singular mingledst · present singular third person mingles · archaic present singular third person mingleth · past singular third person mingled · past plural mingled · past subjunctive mingled · participle present mingling · participle past mingled

  1. transitiveTo intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

    [T]here was hayle ãd fyre mẽgled with the hayle, […]

    1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Exodus ix:[24], folio XV, verso
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    Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.

    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

    Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.

    2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2011

    Synonyms: confuse, confound

  2. transitiveTo associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
  3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
  4. To intermarry.

    [T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 9:2, column 1
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    [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.

    [W]e have broken thy statutes and commandments again, and mingled ourselves with the uncleanness of the foreign heathen.

    1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Essdras [1 Esdras] viij:[87], folio vij, verso, column 2
  5. transitiveTo deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

    a mingled, imperfect virtue

    a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience
  6. transitiveTo make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

    The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.

    1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Interview”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 86
  7. obsoletetransitiveTo put together; to join.

    Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord (The beſt Feather of our wing) haue mingled ſummes To buy a Preſent for the Emperor: […]

    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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 375, column 2
  8. intransitiveTo become mixed or blended.

    Many a tear would mingle in the cup of joy that they presented to the young couples and the wedding-guests.

    1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 438
  9. intransitiveTo socialize with different people at a social event.

    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.

    2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life

    Synonyms: circulate

nounmingle (plural mingles)

plural mingles

  1. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.

    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.

    2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting
  2. obsoleteA mixture.

Mingle2

proper nounMingle (plural Mingles)

plural Mingles

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

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confuseconfound

verbTo socialize with different people at a social event.

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circulate

More synonyms by meaning

verbto bring or combine together or with something else

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mixcommixunifyamalgamate
Broader
changealtermodify

verbbe all mixed up or jumbled together

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jumble
Broader
existbe
Also see
amalgamateblendcommixcompoundinterweaveinvolvejumblemeddlemingmixunify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmenglen
  2. Englishmingle

From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

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Translations

Afrikaans vermeng, ondertrou
  • vermengTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • ondertrouTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • mengTo make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
Ancient Greek κεράννυμι
  • κεράννυμι (keránnumi)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Arabic مَزَجَ, خَلَطَ
  • مَزَجَ (mazaja)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • خَلَطَ (ḵalaṭa)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Bulgarian смесвам, примесвам
  • смесвам (smesvam)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • примесвам (primesvam)To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • смесвам (smesvam)To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
  • смесвам се (smesvam se)To become mixed or blended
Czech mísit, smísit
  • mísitTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • smísitTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • míchatTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • smíchatTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • promíchatTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • mísit seTo become mixed or blended
  • smísit seTo become mixed or blended
  • míchat seTo become mixed or blended
  • smíchat seTo become mixed or blended
  • promíchat seTo become mixed or blended
Dutch vermengen
  • vermengenTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Esperanto intermiksiĝi
  • intermiksiĝiTo become mixed or blended
Finnish sekoittaa, sotkea
  • sekoittaaTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • sotkeaTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • yhdistääTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • yhdistääTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • sotkeaTo deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • saastuttaaTo deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • sekoittaaTo deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • sekoittaaTo make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
  • sekoittuaTo become mixed or blended
  • sotkeutuaTo become mixed or blended
  • yhdistyäTo become mixed or blended
  • yhtyäTo become mixed or blended
French mélanger
  • mélangerTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
German vermischen, vermengen
  • vermischenTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • vermengenTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • untermischenTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Italian mescolare, rimestare
  • mescolareTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • rimestareTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • rigirareTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • amalgamareTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • mescolarsiTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • combinareTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • contaminareTo deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • miscelareTo make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
  • miscelareTo become mixed or blended
  • amalgamareTo become mixed or blended
  • combinareTo become mixed or blended
Latin misceo
  • misceoTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Māori komiti, kōmitimiti
  • komitiTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • kōmitimitiTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • tautūtakitakiTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • whakauruuruTo associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
Persian آمیختن
  • آمیختن (âmixtan)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Portuguese misturar
  • misturarTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Russian сме́шивать, смеша́ть
  • сме́шивать (sméšivatʹ)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • смеша́ть (smešátʹ)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • обща́ться (obščátʹsja)To associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • враща́ться (vraščátʹsja)To associate; to cause or allow to intermarry
  • загрязнять (zagrjaznjatʹ)To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate
  • замешивать (zamešivatʹ)To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of
  • сме́шиваться (sméšivatʹsja)To become mixed or blended
  • смеша́ться (smešátʹsja)To become mixed or blended
Scottish Gaelic measg
  • measgTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Spanish mezclar, entremezclar
  • mezclarTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • entremezclarTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • mixturarTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • mesclar (disused)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • entreverarTo mix; to intermix; to combine or join
Ukrainian змі́шувати, зміша́ти
  • змі́шувати (zmíšuvaty)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • зміша́ти (zmišáty)To mix; to intermix; to combine or join
  • лучи́ти (lučýty)Obsolete: to put together, to join
  • змі́шуватися (zmíšuvatysja)To become mixed or blended
  • зміша́тися (zmišátysja)To become mixed or blended

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mingle

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Anagrams

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Chicago

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