milho
Meaning
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- (masculine,uncountable) maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)
- (masculine) a single maize seed
- (masculine) a maize plant (Zea mays)
- (masculine) corncob (an ear of maize)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mi‧lho
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmi.ʎu/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.
Related words
New
milhar
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thousand
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