milho

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin milium (“millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʎo/

Noun

milho m (plural milhos)

1. millet (a group of various types of grass or its grains)

Descendants

• Galician: millo
• Portuguese: milho (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "milho"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʎu/

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ju/
• Rhymes: -iʎu
• Hyphenation: mi‧lho

Etymology 1

Milho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.

Noun

milho m (plural milhos)

1. (uncountable) maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)
2. a single maize seed
3. a maize plant (Zea mays)
4. corncob (an ear of maize)

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale

Derived terms

• milhã
• milhal
• milharada
• milharal
• milheiral
• milhinho
• milhito

 

Related terms

• milheto

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mielie
  • English: mielie, mealie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

milho

1. first-person singular present indicative of milhar