milho
Portuguese, noun/ˈmi.ʎu/
milho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of milhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta originária da América, da família das gramíneas, com caule reto e folhas lanceoladas, cultivada pelos…”.
What does milho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)
- 2
masculinea single maize seed
- 3
masculinea maize plant (Zea mays)
- 4
masculinecorncob (an ear of maize)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of milhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta originária da América, da família das gramíneas, com caule reto e folhas lanceoladas, cultivada pelos seus grãos e para forragem (Zea mays) 2. grão da planta de mesmo nome
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of milho
- milhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milho?
- Brazil /ˈmi.ʎu/
- Portugal /ˈmi.ʎu/
- /ˈmi.ju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milho in Portuguese?
milho appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).