mingling
混ざり合う
解説 Definition
mingling は mingle（混ざり合う、交流する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人々が交流する場合にも、音や匂いなどが混ざる場合にも使われます。
Mixing or coming together so that people interact socially or different things become combined. It is the present participle or gerund of mingle and is commonly used for guests, crowds, sounds, smells, languages, or other elements sharing a space.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 mingle「混ざり合う、交流する」の語末 e を落として -ing を付け、mingling となります。people mingling なら人々が会話し交流する場面、sounds mingling なら複数の音が溶け合う場面です。mixing よりも、別々だった人や感覚的要素が自然に行き交い、一緒になる様子を思い浮かべましょう。
Mingling comes from mingle plus -ing: the final e of mingle is dropped before the suffix. Keep two connected scenes in mind. At a reception, guests are mingling as they move around and talk with different people. In a café, rain sounds may be mingling with music as the two become heard together. Both scenes involve previously separate people or elements coming together without necessarily losing every distinction. Compared with the broad verb mix, mingle often suggests natural social interaction or a gentle blending of sounds, smells, voices, and similar elements.
例文
Guests were mingling in the hall before the lecture began.
講演が始まる前、招待客たちはホールで交流していました。
The sound of rain was mingling with soft music from the cafe.
雨の音がカフェから流れる静かな音楽と混ざり合っていました。
She noticed different languages mingling in the crowded market.
彼女は混み合った市場で、さまざまな言語が入り混じっているのに気づきました。
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mingling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mingling は mingle に -ing が付いた形で、mingle は古英語 mengan「混ぜる」に由来します。もとは「こね合わせる」感覚で、人や物が境目なく一緒になることから「混ざり合う」となりました。関連語は among, commingle。
Mingling is the -ing form of mingle, with the final e removed before -ing. Mingle developed in Middle English and is related to Old English mengan, meaning “to mix.” Its history centers on combining things that were separate. The verb later extended naturally from physical mixing to people meeting and interacting socially, as well as to sounds, smells, languages, or impressions occurring together. Commingle is a related formation with a similar sense of mixing together.
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