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noun, plural -lieus, French -lieux 
[-lyœ] .
[-lyœ] . surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
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Milieus
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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milieu
"surroundings," 1877, from Fr., "middle, medium, mean," lit. "middle place," from mi "middle" + lieu "place" (see lieu).
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milieu mi·lieu (mĭl-y&oobreve;', mēl-yɶ')
n. pl. mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-lyɶ')
The totality of one's surroundings; an environment.
The social setting of a mental patient.
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