ming
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.
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editVerb
editming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged or meint or ment or meynt)
- (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
- Synonyms: bemingle, combine, mang, meddle; see also Thesaurus:mix
- 1562, William Turner, Baths:
- I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof.
- (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
- (UK, Ireland, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
Noun
editming (plural mings)
- (British, Ireland) A mixture.
- (British, Lincolnshire, obsolete, land) The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
- 17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022.
- Property: 1. 6 acres of land in ming with a meadow of Glebe land of the rectory of Grayingham.
- 17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022.
Etymology 2
editBackformation from minging.
Verb
editming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)
- (British, Ireland, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
- (British, Ireland, slang) To be foul-smelling.
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian (“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne (“mind”), from ġemunan (“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian (“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)
- (transitive, obsolete) To speak of, to mention.
Etymology 4
editFrom Chinese 命 (mìng, “destiny, fate; luck”).
Noun
editming (uncountable)
- (Confucianism) Destiny, fate.
Khalaj
editPerso-Arabic | مینگ |
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *bïŋ.
Pronunciation
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References
edit- Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Mandarin
editRomanization
editming
- Nonstandard spelling of míng.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǐng.
- Nonstandard spelling of mìng.
Usage notes
edit- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English mengen (“to mix”), mynge et al., from Old English mengan (“to mix”). In sense "to stink" probably derived from the specialized sheep-smearing sense.
Noun
editming (plural mings)
- (obsolete) The ingredients mixed with or substituted for tar in sheep-smearing.
- (obsolete) Human feces, excrement.
- A bad smell.
Verb
editming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle mingin, simple past mingt, past participle mingt)
Uzbek
edit← 1 | ← 100 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 (106) → | 1,000,000,000 (109) → |
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Cardinal: ming Ordinal: minginchi |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”).
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