Definition of MILIEU

milieu

Plural: milieus, milieux

Noun

  • A person's social or cultural environment; surroundings.
  • the environmental condition
  • An environment or setting; a medium.
  • A social environment or setting.
  • A group of people with a common point of view; a social class or group.

Examples

  • The competitive milieu of Scrabble tournaments was intense, yet exhilarating.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
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Borrowed from French milieu (“physical or social environment; group of people with a common point of view”), from Middle French milieu, meilleu, mileu, from Old French milliu, meillieu, mileu (“middle”), from mi- (prefix meaning ‘half’) (from Latin medius (“half; middle”)) + lieu, leu (“place”) (from Latin locus (“place; spot (specific location)”)).

Synonyms

surroundings

Scrabble Score: 8

milieu: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
milieu: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
milieu: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

milieu: valid Words With Friends Word