mi·lieu (m l-y  , m -ly )n. pl. mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-ly ) An environment or a setting. [French, from Old French, center : mi, middle (from Latin medius; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots) + lieu, place (from Latin locus).] |
milieu [meal-yuh, meal-yuhz]
Noun
pl milieux or milieus the social and cultural environment in which a person or thing exists: the film takes for its milieu an apparently wholesome small town [French]
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| Noun | 1. |  milieu - the environmental condition environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
milieu
noun surroundings, setting, scene, environment, element, background, location, sphere, locale, mise en scène (French)
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