millet

Significado (Inglês)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

Conceitos

milhete

painço

milho

milho-painço

milheto

milho-miúdo

Sinônimos

sorghum

durra

jowar

foxtail millet

grain

bulrush millet

eleusine

stem of maize

hog millet

bullrush

panic grass

broomcorn millet

rice beer

proso millet

cracked

etc

etc.

grains

wheat

Indian corn

barley

finger millet

Traduções

mil

millet

Hirse

gierst

mijo

κεχρί

mill

miglio

darı

akdarı

milium

دخن

Panicum miliaceum

maïs

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɪlɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: -

Cognato com grego arcaico: μελίνη

Cognato com lituano: málnos

In summary

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).