Meaning

3 senses
  1. An environment or setting; a medium; environs

  2. (specifically)A social environment or setting.

    Milieu

    среда́sredá

    середовищеseredovyšče

  3. A group of people with a common point of view; a social class or group.

More definitions
  • the environmental condition

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom comes from a different cultural milieu.

    deTom kommt aus einem anderen Kulturkreis.

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  2. The quiet suburban neighborhood provides the perfect milieu for raising a family.

    ruТихий пригородный район предлагает идеальные условия для создания семьи.

    deDie ruhige Vorstadtgegend bietet die perfekte Umgebung, um eine Familie zu gründen.

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  3. Maybe in another universe, beings are like clouds or shadows in a cloudy or shadowy milieu...

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  4. Tom got into trouble with the Milieu in France.

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  5. The acceptance of Japanese to celebrate Christmas like a Valentine's Day is, nevertheless, an influence of Christianity in their Shinto-Buddhist milieu.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
social setting:
Русский
By meaning 1
social setting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
social setting:

Forms

plural: milieux / milieus
Singularmilieu
Pluralmilieux / milieus

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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