intermingle

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UK/ˌɪntəˈmɪŋɡl̩/US/ˌɪntəɹˈmɪŋɡ(ə)l/US[-ɾəɹ-]

verb

To mix (things) together.

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Meanings

verbintermingle (third-person singular simple present intermingles, present participle intermingling, simple past and past participle intermingled)

present singular third person intermingles · participle present intermingling · participle past intermingled · past intermingled

  1. transitiveTo mix (things) together.
    1 more example

    These representative species often meet and interlock; and as the one becomes rarer and rarer, the other becomes more and more frequent, till the one replaces the other. But if we compare these species where they intermingle, they are generally as absolutely distinct from each other in every detail of structure as are specimens taken from the metropolis inhabited by each.

    1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
  2. intransitiveTo become mixed together.

    At present, passenger and goods traffic intermingle, a factor which complicates operation.

    1959 October 28, “Station Reconstruction at Leeds”, in Railway Magazine, page 686

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

verbcombine into one

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishmingle
  8. Englishintermingle

From inter- + mingle.

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Translations

Bulgarian смесвам, смесвам се
  • смесвам (smesvam)to mix (things) together
  • смесвам се (smesvam se)to become mixed together
Finnish sekoittaa, sekoittua
  • sekoittaato mix (things) together
  • sekoittuato become mixed together
French brasser, entremêler
  • brasserto mix (things) together
  • entremêlerto mix (things) together
Italian frammischiare
  • frammischiareto mix (things) together
Japanese 混じる
  • 混じる (majiru)to become mixed together
Latin commisceō, immisceō
  • commisceōto mix (things) together
  • immisceōto mix (things) together
  • intermisceōto mix (things) together
  • permisceōto mix (things) together
  • remisceōto mix (things) together
Portuguese incluir, misturar
  • incluirto mix (things) together
  • misturarto mix (things) together
Spanish entreverar, entremezclar
  • entreverarto mix (things) together
  • entremezclarto mix (things) together
  • entremezclarseto become mixed together
  • entreverarseto become mixed together

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

intermingle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermingle

MLA

“intermingle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermingle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermingle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermingle.

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