milieu

Meaning

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

Concepts

middle

environment

center

medium

centre

milieu

midst

midpoint

surroundings

ambiance

inside

average

mean

class

crown

ambience

halfway

range

sphere

underworld

midway

means

between

environs

atmosphere

field

gangland

family background

academia

circumstance

business

industry

central

interim

mid-way

tool

among

in the middle of

half

domain

be in the middle

setting

half-way point

dead center

amidst

waist

dead

background

desktop

screen background

diadem

nerve center

nerve centre

Crown

eye

heart

surround

thick

Centre

sensitive

spiritualist

quarter

circle

core

circumjacency

neighborhood

outskirt

place

vicinity

in the middle

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mi.ljø/

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)”).

Sentences

Un arbre a poussé en plein milieu .

A tree grew right in the middle.

Vers le milieu du pont , Cosette, ayant les pieds engourdis , désira marcher .

Towards the middle of the bridge, Cosette, with numb feet, wanted to walk.

Il se dresse au milieu d'une parcelle bordée au sud-ouest par l'océan Atlantique .

It stands in the middle of a plot bordered to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean.