commingle

English

Alternative forms

• co-mingle
• comingle

Etymology

From com- +‎ mingle.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Verb

commingle (third-person singular simple present commingles, present participle commingling, simple past and past participle commingled)

1. (transitive) To mix, to blend.
   • 2006 August 18, Gretchen Morgenson, “Adviser Jailed Since 2000 Pleads Guilty in Securities Fraud Case”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] Mr. Armstrong, founder of Princeton Economics International, admitted to deceiving corporate investors and improperly commingling client funds in a case that prosecutors said resulted in commodities losses of more than $700 million.

   • 2024 June 4, Emily Weinstein, “Linguine With Zucchini, Corn and Shrimp is Superbly Summery”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     This vibrant stir-fry from Christian Reynoso is Chifa cooking — the cuisine that commingles Chinese and Peruvian elements — and it’s utterly delicious.

2. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
   • 1974 February 7, “Grenada's ‘Destined’ Leader”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     In the midst of a general strike and a power blackout Eric M. Gairy talked freely about what he saw as the commingled destiny of himself and the tiny emerging independent nation of Grenada.

   • 2023 February 2, Natalia Winkelman, “‘Baby Ruby’ Review: Enfant Terrible”, in The New York Times‎^[4]:

     It was once considered taboo to even suggest that new motherhood was not all sunshine onesies and rainbow mobiles, and “Baby Ruby” arrives on a welcome wave of contemporary movies exploring how the joys of child rearing can commingle with misery.

Usage notes

Particularly used in financial law to refer to mixing funds – see commingling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• comminglement
• commingler
• comminglingly
• uncommingled

 

Translations

mix, blend

• Arabic: خَلَط (ar) (ḵalaṭ)
• Bulgarian: смесвам (bg) (smesvam)
• German: mischen (de), zusammenfügen (de), vermischen (de), mixen (de), vermengen (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blande (no)

• Occitan: mesclar (oc), entremesclar, abarrejar (oc)
• Swedish: sammanblanda (sv), blanda (sv)

become mixed or blended

• Swedish: sammanblandas, blandas (sv)