different between milieu vs milieux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French milieu.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m?l?ju/, /m?l?j?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mi?l.j??/, /m?l?j??/
• (from French) IPA^(key): /mi?ljø/

Noun

milieu (plural milieux or milieus)

1. A particular medium.
2. A social setting or environment.

Derived terms

• micromilieu

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French milieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l?jø?/
• Hyphenation: mi?li?eu
• Rhymes: -ø?

Noun

milieu n (plural milieus, diminutive milieutje n)

1. environment
   • 2006, Hilde Greefs, Water Management, Communities, and Environment: The Low Countries in Comparative Perspective, C. 1000 - C. 1800, Academia Press, pages 195:

     Maar turfwinning had een onbedoeld gevolg voor het milieu: bodemdaling en -erosie waardoor het waterbeheer een problematisch karakter kreeg.

     But peat extraction had an unintended consequence for the environment: sinking and erosion of the soil which made water management problematic in character.

2. milieu

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: milieu

French

Etymology

Composed of mi- (“mid”) +? lieu (“place”); in Old French as meillieu, mileu, miliu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ljø/

Noun

milieu m (plural milieux)

1. middle; center
2. setting; environment; surroundings
3. social circle; milieu

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “milieu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch milieu, from French milieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi?li.?u?]
• Hyphenation: mi?li?êu

Noun

miliêu (first-person possessive milieuku, second-person possessive milieumu, third-person possessive milieunya)

1. milieu, environment.

   Synonym: lingkungan

Further reading

• “milieu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French milieu.

Noun

milieu m (plural milieus)

1. milieu (a person’s social setting or environment)

Romanian

Etymology

From French milieu

Noun

milieu n (plural milieuri)

1. social origin
2. ornamental object made out of lace

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (GAm) IPA^(key): /m?l?j?/, /m?l?j?z/, /m?l?ju/, /m?l?juz/

Noun

milieux

1. plural of milieu

French

Noun

milieux m

1. plural of milieu