Mingle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪŋ.É¡É™l/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Origin

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

Full definition of mingle

Verb

1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
• Bible, Exodus ix. 24There was ... fire mingled with the hail.
2. Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services. — New York Times
3. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
• Bible, Ezra ix. 2The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.
4. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
• Henry Rogersa mingled, imperfect virtue
5. (obsolete) To put together; to join.
6. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
• Nathaniel HawthorneHe proceeded to mingle another draught.
7. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

Derived terms

• commingle

Noun

1. (obsolete) A mixture.

Related terms

• among
• mongrel