Definitions for milieu

milieu mi·lieu

Spelling: [mil-yoo , meel-; French mee-lyœ
IPA: /mɪlˈyʊ, mil-; French miˈlyœ/

Milieu is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in milieu (eiilmu).

Definitions for milieu

noun

  1. surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature:

Origin of milieu

1795-1805; French, equivalent to mi (Latin medius middle; see medium) + lieu lieu

Examples for milieu

Impressionism is Realism widened by the study of the milieu.

She deems her work “craft with modern techniques” and has been welcomed into the milieu despite an unconventional approach.

That was the milieu he came from: the paid-by-the-word grind of the hack writer.

This phrase, foreign to Bburs diction, smacks of a Court-Persian milieu.

Instead he describes the milieu in which the works were created and received.

The two shows are so similar—premise, tone, characters, milieu—that comparisons are inevitable.

In a milieu removed from care and trivialities I will continue my poem.

Above all, artists deserve a milieu in which musical talent is celebrated and given some acknowledgement in the media.

Nor was it likely for her to do so considering the milieu in which she lived, in which she was obliged to live.

And it seemed that in this milieu the virtue of being amusing outweighed all vices.

Word Value for milieu
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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