Millet is most commonly a type of small-grained cereala grass grown for its seeds, such as wheat, rice, or oats grass grown for food and animal feed. It can also mean the small ediblesafe and suitable to eat seed from that plant. In another sense, Millet is the surnamea family name passed down from parents of the French painter Jean-François Millet.
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Pronunciation
AI-generated pronunciation audio (OpenAI).
Accent: General American English
IPA: /ˈmɪlɪt/
Easy pronunciation: MIL-it (approximate spelling).
Stress: Stress the first syllable.
Used here as the noun for a small cereal grass grown for food or feed.
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Millet Meaning
A group of small cereal grasses grown for food or animal feed.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
Example: Farmers in the region grow millet as a drought-tolerant crop.
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Other Meanings of Millet
Meaning 2
The small edible seed produced by millet grasses.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
Example: She cooked the millet with vegetables and spices.
Meaning 3
Jean-François Millet, the French painter.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)
Example: Millet is known for his paintings of peasant life.
Synonyms for this meaning:
- jean francois millet — Proper-name synonym for the artist, not the grain or seed.
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Millet Synonyms
French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)
- jean francois millet
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Common Mistakes
- People sometimes confuse millet the grain with millet the painter’s name, but they are unrelated meanings.
- Millet as a crop and millet as the seed are different senses, even though they are closely connected.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does millet mean?
Millet usually means a small-grained cereal grass grown for food or animal feed. It can also mean the edible seed from that grass.
What are the synonyms of millet?
For the grain or crop sense, there are no strong direct synonyms in the supplied data. For the artist sense, Jean-François Millet is the related proper name.
Is millet a grain or a plant?
It can refer to both: the plant or crop, and the small seed it produces.
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