millet

CEFRB1

/ˈmɪlɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small grain used as food for people and animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

Examples

  • Give me one millet dumpling, please.

  • The rich man bought a Millet.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

  2. Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

More examples

In context

  • The special duties of these millet organizations are to care for the educational and other moral wants of the people […]

  • […] 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.’

  • […] 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.

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Origin

noun

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).