"milieu" meaning in French

See milieu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mi.ljø/ Audio: Fr-milieu.ogg Forms: milieux [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *me
Inherited from Middle French milieu, meilleu, mileu, from Old French milliu, meillieu, mileu, from mi- (prefix meaning ‘half’) + (from Latin medius (“half; middle”)) + lieu, leu (“place”) (from Latin locus (“place; spot (specific location)”).
Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*me}} *me, {{PIE word|fr|me}} PIE word *me, {{root|fr|ine-pro|*stel-}}, {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|milieu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French milieu, {{inh+|fr|frm|milieu}} Inherited from Middle French milieu, {{m|frm|meilleu}} meilleu, {{m|frm|mileu}} mileu, {{inh|fr|fro|milliu}} Old French milliu, {{m|fro|meillieu}} meillieu, {{m|fro|mileu}} mileu, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|fro|mi-|pos=prefix meaning ‘half’}} mi- (prefix meaning ‘half’), {{inh|fr|la|medius|t=half; middle}} Latin medius (“half; middle”), {{m|fro|lieu}} lieu, {{m|fro|leu|t=place}} leu (“place”), {{inh|fr|la|locus|t=place; spot (specific location)}} Latin locus (“place; spot (specific location)”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|x}} milieu m (plural milieux)
  1. middle; center Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-milieu-fr-noun-U6fcBGzm
  2. setting; environment; surroundings Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-milieu-fr-noun-Zo49YP7V
  3. social circle; milieu Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-milieu-fr-noun-qaY14C5B Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 9 83 7
  4. middle ground Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-milieu-fr-noun-RH5agKic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: au beau milieu de, au milieu, Empire du Milieu, juste milieu, milieu de terrain, se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ German: Milieu",
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      "text": "→ German: Milieu"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: miljø",
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: milieu",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: milieu"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: miljö",
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        }
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      "text": "audio: au milieu de"
    }
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: milieu"
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      "ipa": "/mi.ljø/"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Fr-milieu.ogg",
      "text": "audio: au milieu de"
    }
  ],
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}

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