milieu
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milieu
- /ˈmiːljɜː/ UK
- /mɪlˈjɜː/ UK
- /-ˈju/ UK
- /-ˈjʊ/ UK
- /mɪlˈju/ US
- /-ˈjʊ/ US
Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
PIE word
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Borrowed from French milieu (“physical or social environment; group of people with a common point of view”), from Middle French milieu, meilleu, mileu, from Old French milliu, meillieu, mileu (“middle”), from mi- (prefix meaning ‘half’) (from Latin medius (“half; middle”)) + lieu, leu (“place”) (from Latin locus (“place; spot (specific location)”)).
noun milieux · milieus
- An environment or setting; a medium; environs Australian cinema is a messy affair. It is a messiness not only in our ways of knowing, reading, consuming and producing films and the larger film-making milieu of which they are a part, but also a messiness among the films themselves […]
- A social environment or setting. The distinction between the constituents in, and the conditions of, the integral life-career of person is well brought out in contrasting the attitudes of attention which persons normally develop with the milieux or social media which serve as the theater for their exercise. […] The assertive attitu
- A group of people with a common point of view; a social class or group. It's not easy to find someone whom one has mislaid for years in London, particularly if she belongs to the sort of milieu that Anna belonged to, but clearly the first thing to do is look in the telephone book.
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noun social setting
| Español | entorno, ambiente, milieu |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사회환경 sahoehwan'gyeong |
| 中文 | 社會環境 /社会环境 shèhuì huánjìng |
| Português | milieu, meio social |
| Français | milieu |
| Deutsch | Milieu |
| Italiano | milieu |
| Ελληνικά | περιβάλλον perivállon |
| Română | mijloc |
| Русский | среда́ sredá |
Talk about this word "milieu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/milieu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. milieu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/milieu "milieu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/milieu.Cite this
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