How to pronounce millet
American English pronunciation
MIL-it
- IPA
- /ˈmɪlɪt/
- Syllables
- MIL · it (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What millet means
A small, round grain grown for food and birdseed
In a sentence: The parakeet pecked happily at the millet in its little dish.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, from the Latin word for this grain. That word goes back to a very old root meaning to grind.
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