English-Thai Dictionary

millet

N ข้าวฟ่าง  ข้าว เดือย  kao-fang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILLET

n.[L. milium. ] A plant of the genus Milium, of several species, one of which is cultivated as an esculent grain. The Indian millet is of the genus Holcus.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MILLET

Mil "let, n. Etym: [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. mil. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.

 

Note: Arabian millet is Sorghum Halepense. -- Egyptian or East Indian, millet is Penicillaria spicata. -- Indian millet is Sorghum vulgare. (See under Indian. ) -- Italian millet is Setaria Italica, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also Hungarian grass. -- Texas millet is Panicum Texanum. -- Wild millet, or Millet grass, is Milium effusum, a tail grass growing in woods.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

millet

mil let |ˈmilit ˈmɪlɪt | ▶noun a fast-growing cereal plant that is widely grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils. The numerous small seeds are used to make flour or alcoholic drinks. [Several species in the family Gramineae, in particular common millet (Panicum miliaceum ), of temperate regions, the tropical finger millet (Eleusine caracana ), which is a staple in parts of Africa and India, and pearl millet . ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from French, diminutive of dialect mil, from Latin milium .

 

Millet, Jean

Mil let, Jean |mēˈye, -ˈlā miˈjeɪ | (1814 –75 ), French painter; full name Jean François Millet. He was noted for the dignity he brought to the treatment of peasant subjects.

 

Millett, Kate

Mil lett, Kate |ˈmilit ˈmɪlɪt | (1934 –), US feminist; full name Katherine Murray Millett. She became involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and advocated a radical feminism in Sexual Politics (1970 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

millet

mil ¦let |ˈmɪlɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a cereal grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils, bearing a large crop of small seeds which are chiefly used to make flour. ●Several species in the family Gramineae, in particular common millet (Panicum miliaceum ), of temperate regions, the tropical finger millet (Eleusine coracana ), which is a staple in parts of Africa and India, and pearl millet. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French, diminutive of dialect mil, from Latin milium .

 

Millet, Jean

Millet, Jean |ˈmiːeɪ | (1814 –75 ), French painter; full name Jean François Millet. He was famous for the dignity he brought to the treatment of peasant subjects, on which he concentrated from 1850. Notable works: The Gleaners (1857 ).

 

Millett, Kate

Millett, Kate |ˈmɪlɪt | (b.1934 ), American feminist; full name Katherine Millett. She became involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and advocated a radical feminism in Sexual Politics (1970 ).

 

French Dictionary

millet

millet n. m. nom masculin Céréale. : Farine de millet. Prononciation Les deux l se prononcent comme dans famille, [mijɛ ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Millet

Mil let /miːjéɪ, míːeɪ /名詞 ミレー 〘Jean François / ʒɑːn -frɑnswɑ́ː |ʒɔːŋ -frɔ́nswɑː / ～, 1814 --75; フランスの画家 〙.

 

millet

mil let /mɪ́lɪt /名詞 U 〘植 〙雑穀 〘キビ アワの類 〙.