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Image:Grain_millet,_early_grain_fill,_Tifton,_7-3-02.jpg|thumb|[[Pearl millet in the field]]
Image:Panicum miliaceum0.jpg|thumb|Ripe head of [[proso millet]]

Etymology 1
From F. #French|millet, from Latin milium.

Pronunciation
rhymes|ɪlɪt

Noun
en-noun|-

1. Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food.

See also
;Scientific names
Brachiaria deflexa
Brachiaria ramosa
Coix lacrima-jobi
Digitaria exilis
Echinochloa
Eleusine coracana
Eragrostis tef
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum ramosum
Panicum sumatrense
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Pennisetum glaucum
Setaria italica
Urochloa deflexa
Urochloa ramosa
Sorghum

Translations
trans-top|any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food
Albanian: mel m
Catalan: t-|ca|mill|m
CJKV Characters: 粱; �; 秫; �; 秬
Chinese: �米 (xi�om�)
Croatian: proso f
Czech: proso n
Danish: t|da|hirse
Dutch: t|nl|gierst|m|f
Erzya: ���о (suro)
Esperanto: milio
French: t+|fr|millet|m
German: Hirse f
trans-mid
Greek: κε��ί (kekhrí) n
Hungarian: köles
Italian: miglio m
Japanese: �� (kibi)
Korean: 기� (gijang)
Norwegian: t|no|hirse m
Romanian: mei m
Russian: п�ено (pšenó) n
Spanish: mijo m
Turkish: darı
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Etymology 2
From Turk. #Turkish|millet, from Ar. ARchar|��ة (milla).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�mɪl�t/

Noun
en-noun

1. historical A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

#* 2007, a common Serbian Orthodox Church [was] the one traditional institution permitted to exist under the Ottoman millet system which sought to rule subject peoples indirectly through their own religious hierarchies. � Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain (Hurst & Co. 2007, p. 14)

Translations
trans-top|community in the Ottoman Empire
trans-mid
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Category:Grains

French

Etymology
From L.|fr milium.

Pronunciation
IPA|/mi.j�/, SAMPA|/mi.jE/

Noun
millet

1. #English|Millet (grain).

Category:French nouns

Turkish

Etymology
From Ar. ARchar|��ة (mílla), religious community.

Noun
millet

1. nation

Synonyms
ulus

Category:Turkish nouns

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