Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

millet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪlɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɪlət/ (General-American)

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
    • […] Tobias said, ‘Don't bother. Elena's allergic to all known food groups. The only thing she eats here is seasoned millet and rainwater they bring down from Vermont in a zinc can.’ 1991, Douglas Coupland, “Adventure without risk is Disneyland”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 155:
  2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
millets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gray millet · shama millet Echinochloa colona) · Polish millet · finger millet · Japanese millet · burgu millet · hog millet · native millet · little millet · common millet · Chinese millet · African millet · Indian millet · bulrush millet · Japanese barnyard millet · millet grass · kodo millet · Indian barnyard millet · proso millet · milletgrass · broomcorn millet · broomtail millet · black millet · foxtail millet · coracan millet · adlay millet · wood millet · Australian millet · Siberian millet · pearl millet · barnyard millet · white millet · milletmeal · millet butterflyfish · Guinea millet · wild foxtail millet · millet skipper · fonio millet · great millet · browntop millet · German millet · water millet · sawa millet · Italian millet · red millet

Hyponyms

Digitaria exilis (food grains) · Setaria italica (food grains) · Echinochloa (food grains) · Urochloa ramosa (food grains) · Coix lacryma-jobi (food grains) · Cenchrus americanus (food grains) · Eleusine coracana (food grains) · Paspalum scrobiculatum (food grains) · Sorghum (food grains) · Urochloa ramosa (food grains) · Panicum sumatrense (food grains) · Panicum miliaceum (food grains) · Eragrostis tef (food grains) · Urochloa deflexa (food grains)

Translations (116)

es mijo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · gl paínzo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · az darı (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · mn шар будаа (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · es panizo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · io milieto (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · it miglio (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · vec méjo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · tl dawa (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · alt тараан (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sw mtama (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · kk тары (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sv hirs (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fa ارزن (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ja(any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dta shijim (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · aqc тӏукӏ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · hy կորեկ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · kim дараа (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · kpv проса (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · be пшано́ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · txb yap (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · gl millote (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · hi बाजरा (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pt painço (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · mk просо (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sva ფეტუ̂ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · is hirsi (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · tsg dawa (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ur باجرا (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pa ਬਾਜਰਾ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ar دَخْن (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · mnc ᠵᡝ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · es millo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sdh ھەرزەن (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · he דֹּחַן (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ka ფეტვი (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ba тары (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · tab дукӏ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sh про̏со (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · yi הירזש (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sh prȍso (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dsb pšoso (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · tr akdarı (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dta pisgee (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fr millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · cy miled (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ru пшено́ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · no hirse (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · cs proso (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fo hirsi (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fa الم (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ko 기장 (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fi hirssi (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · uk пшоно́ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · udm тари (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ro mei (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · rup melj (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sk proso (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · mi mirete (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pt milhete (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · jv ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · alt тару (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · bg просо́ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pt milheto (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · gl millo miúdo (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ta வரகு (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ckb ھەرزن (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sq mel (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · sl prosó (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ary إيلان (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · oc melh (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · uk про́со (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · da hirse (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · nl gierst (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · grc κέγχρος (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · kmr herzin (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · txb lyekṣye (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · el κεχρί (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pdt Hieezh (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dsb jałki (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · my ပြောင်း (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · xmf ფატი (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · de Hirse (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · lzz ფატი (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fr mil (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ca mill (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · es borona (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pms mei (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · tr darı (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dsb jaglicki (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · grc πάσπαλος (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · la milium (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · xdq мичи́ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · os йӕуу (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dta nariem (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · wa milet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ur باجرہ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · qu mihu (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · eu artatxiki (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ota داری (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dlm mail (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · mhr тар (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · dsb jagły (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · fur mei (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · be про́са (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ru про́со (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · ga muiléad (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · rup meljiu (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · hu köles (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · vi(any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · cmn 小米 (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · bo ཁྲེ (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · myv суро (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · pl proso (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) · eo milio (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)

millet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪlɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

Meanings

  1. (historical) A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.
    • The special duties of these millet organizations are to care for the educational and other moral wants of the people […] 1880, Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page 963:
    • […] in support for a common Serbian Orthodox Church, the one traditional institution permitted to exist under the Ottoman millet system which sought to rule subject peoples indirectly through their own religious hierarchies. 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co, published 2007, page 14:
    • Christians and Jews as People of the Book […] were organized into separate communities, or millets, defined by their common practice of the same religion, which was guaranteed as protected as long as it was primarily practised in private. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 262:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
millets Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (8)

tr millet (community in the Ottoman Empire) · pl millet (community in the Ottoman Empire) · ar ملَة (community in the Ottoman Empire) · fa ملت (community in the Ottoman Empire) · ar مل (community in the Ottoman Empire) · ar مِلَّة (community in the Ottoman Empire) · ota ملت (community in the Ottoman Empire) · hi मिल्लत (community in the Ottoman Empire)