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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɪlɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmɪlɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mil′it)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mil•let /ˈmɪlɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Plant Biologya grass grown as a food-grain crop.
  2. Plant Biologythe grain of such a grass.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mil•let  (mil′it),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
  2. Plant Biologyany of various related or similar grasses cultivated as grain plants or forage plants.
  3. Plant Biologythe grain of any of these grasses.
  • Latin milium millet) + -et -et
  • Middle French, equivalent. to mil (
  • late Middle English milet 1375–1425

Mil•let  (mi lā′; for 2 also Fr. mē le′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. BiographicalFrancis Davis, 1846–1912, U.S. painter, illustrator, and journalist.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
millet /ˈmɪlɪt/ n
  1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, cultivated for grain and animal fodder
    • an East Indian annual grass, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated for grain and forage, having pale round shiny seeds
    • the seed of this plant
  3. any of various similar or related grasses, such as pearl millet and Indian millet
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin milium; related to Greek melinē millet
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Millet /French: milɛ/ n
  1. Jean François ( ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa ). 1814–75, French painter of the Barbizon school, noted for his studies of peasants at work
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