milieu (redirected from milieus)

mi·lieu  (ml-y, m-ly)

n. pl. mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-ly)

An environment or a setting.

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[French, from Old French, center : mi, middle (from Latin medius; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots) + lieu, place (from Latin locus).]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

milieu - the environmental condition           surroundings environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

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milieu

noun surroundings, setting, scene, environment, element, background, location, sphere, locale, mise en scène (French)

Translations

milieu [ˈmiːljəː] n → (medio) ambiente m; entorno

milieu [ˈmiːljəː] n → milieu m

milieu [ˈmiːljəː] n → Milieu nt

milieu [ˈmiːljəː] n → ambiente m