Millet Definition

mĭlĭt
noun
A cereal grass (Panicum miliaceum) whose small grain is used for food in Europe and Asia.
Webster's New World
The grain.
Webster's New World
Any of several other similar grasses or their seed, as foxtail millet and pearl millet.
Webster's New World
The grains of any of these plants.
American Heritage
A demographic group in the Ottoman Empire, defined in terms of religious affiliation and enjoying a degree of legal autonomy.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Jean Francois Millet
pronoun
Wiktionary

A town in Alberta, Canada.

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Other Word Forms of Millet

Noun

Singular:
millet
Plural:
millets

Origin of Millet

  • From French millet; ultimately from Latin milium, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“to grind, crush"), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melinÄ“, “millet") and Lithuanian málnos (“millet").

    From Wiktionary

  • Turkish from Arabic milla (bound form millatu) religion, religious community from Syriac milləṯā word, creed Phoenician ml word

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English milet from Old French diminutive of mil millet from Latin milium melə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English milet from Old French diminutive of mil millet from Latin milium melə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Turkish millet, from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic ملة (milla(t)).

    From Wiktionary

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