how to pronounce milieu

/miːlˈjɜː/

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the above transcription of milieu is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

milieu is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

iː

2.

ɜː

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An example use of milieu in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the milieu his team hey guys and ar you …”

meanings of milieu

noun:

Medium.
Social setting or environment.

milieu frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word milieu occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics milieu can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that milieu can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;