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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French

milieu

 noun
     
mi‧lieu plural milieux or milieus [countable] formal
the things and people that surround you and influence the way you live and think:
Proust's work reflected his own social and cultural milieu.
She never felt happy in a student milieu.
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