milo

See also: Milo, Mîlo, mīlo, miło, mīļo, and mi-lo

English

Etymology

Probably related to Portuguese milho (“millet”). In early European accounts, millet and sorghum were often confused.

Noun

milo (countable and uncountable, plural milos)

1. (US) sorghum
   • 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices:

     When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight […]

Derived terms

• milo disease

See also

• stylo milo

Anagrams

• OIML, limo, moil

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /miˈl̪oʔ/

Noun

milo

1. Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)

Esperanto

Etymology

From mil +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmilo/
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: mil‧o

Noun

milo (accusative singular milon, plural miloj, accusative plural milojn)

1. thousand, a group of one thousand of something
   • 1912, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the eighth World Congress of Esperanto.

     El ĉiu milo da semoj, kiujn ni...pacience ĵetadis en la teron, apenaŭ unu ricevis radikojn.

     Out of every thousand seeds that we...patiently threw onto the earth, only one got roots.

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon).

Noun

milo n

1. apple

Korak

Noun

milo

1. wild chicken

Coordinate terms

• titer (“domesticated chicken”)

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980)

Malay

Etymology

Genericized trademark Milo, Nestlé chocolate-flavoured product.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmilo/ [ˈmi.lo] (Malay-based)
  • Rhymes: -ilo

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmajlo/ [ˈmai̯.lo] (English-based)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯lo
• Hyphenation: mi‧lo

Noun

milo (plural milo-milo or milo²)

1. (strictly) chocolate milk: specifically Milo's brand
2. (loosely) chocolate milk: from any brand

Derived terms

• cheesekut milo
• milo ais
• milo beng
• milo dinosaur
• milo godzilla
• milo kotak
• milo lori
• milo mangkuk
• milo tabur
• milo tin
• neslo
• serbuk milo

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin mālus.

Noun

milo m

1. apple
2. apple tree

Synonyms

• (apple tree) - pede 'e mele

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mîlo/
• Hyphenation: mi‧lo

Adverb

mȉlo (Cyrillic spelling ми̏ло)

1. dearly, kindly, cordially

Adjective

milo (Cyrillic spelling мило)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of mio

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mydlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mìːlɔ/

Noun

mílo n

1. soap

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	mílo
gen. sing.	míla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mílo	míli	míla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	míla	míl	míl
dative (dajȃlnik)	mílu	míloma	mílom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mílo	míli	míla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mílu	mílih	mílih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mílom	míloma	míli

Derived terms

• míliti

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mìːlɔ/

Adverb

mílo

1. movingly, touchingly
2. mildly, gently
3. leniently

Further reading

• “milo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

milo

1. plural of mlo