milieu

See also: Milieu

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French milieu.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɪl.ˈju/, /mɪl.ˈjʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl.jɜː/, /mɪl.ˈjɜː/
• (from French) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈljø/

Noun

milieu (plural milieux or milieus)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) medium
2. A person's social setting or environment.

Derived terms

• micromilieu

Translations

person’s social setting or environment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會環境 (zh), 社会环境 (zh) (shèhuì huánjìng)

• Danish: miljø n
• Estonian: miljöö
• Finnish: ympäristö (fi), lähiympäristö, miljöö (fi)
• French: milieu (fr) m
• German: Milieu (de) n
• Greek: περιβάλλον (el) n (perivállon)

• Indonesian: lingkungan hidup (id), milieu (id)
• Malay: milieu
• Norwegian: miljø (no) n
• Portuguese: milieu (pt) m, meio social m
• Romanian: mijloc (ro) n
• Russian: среда́ (ru) f (sredá)
• Spanish: entorno (es) m
• Swedish: miljö (sv) c

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪlˈjøː/

• audio

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Noun

milieu n (plural milieus, diminutive milieutje n)

1. environment
   • 2006, Hilde Greefs, Water Management, Communities, and Environment: The Low Countries in Comparative Perspective, C. 1000 - C. 1800, Academia Press, pages 195:

     Maar turfwinning had een onbedoeld gevolg voor het milieu: bodemdaling en -erosie waardoor het waterbeheer een problematisch karakter kreeg.

     But peat extraction had an unintended consequence for the environment: sinking and erosion of the soil which made water management problematic in character.

2. milieu

   Mallet-Stevens stamde uit een gegoed milieu. ― Mallet-Stevens came from a well-off family.

Derived terms

• milieuactivisme
• milieuactivist
• milieubelastend
• milieubelasting
• milieubescherming
• milieubeweging
• milieubewust
• milieuheffing
• milieuonvriendelijk
• milieupartij
• milieupolitiek
• milieutaks
• milieuverontreiniging
• milieuvriendelijk

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French

Etymology

mi- (“mid”) +‎ lieu (“place”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljø/

• audio: au milieu de

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Noun

milieu m (plural milieux)

1. middle; center
2. setting; environment; surroundings
3. social circle; milieu

Derived terms

• au milieu

Further reading

• “milieu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Noun

milieu m (plural milieus)

1. milieu (a person’s social setting or environment)