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millet.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪlɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɪlət/General-American
  1. Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

    countable · specifically · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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).

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

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

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