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Meaning of "mielie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MIELIE

mielie  [ˈmiːlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIELIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mielie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIELIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mielie

Maize

Maize, known in some English-speaking countries as corn, is a large grain plant domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain the grain, which are seeds called kernels. Maize kernels are often used in cooking as a starch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIELIE


campanile
ˌkæmpəˈniːlɪ
dele
ˈdiːlɪ
Ely
ˈiːlɪ
freely
ˈfriːlɪ
fusilli
fʊˈziːlɪ
Greeley
ˈɡriːlɪ
Healey
ˈhiːlɪ
Healy
ˈhiːlɪ
Ismaili
ˌɪzmɑːˈiːlɪ
Kiswahili
ˌkiːswɑːˈhiːlɪ
Lely
ˈliːlɪ
mealie
ˈmiːlɪ
mealiness
ˈmiːlɪ
mealy
ˈmiːlɪ
Ofili
ɒˈfiːlɪ
steelie
ˈstiːlɪ
steely
ˈstiːlɪ
stele
ˈstiːlɪ
Swahili
swɑːˈhiːlɪ
wheelie
ˈwiːlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIELIE

midwife
midwife toad
midwifery
midwinter
midwive
midwives
midyear
mielie meal
mielie pap
mielies
mien
Mieres
Mies van der Rohe
mifepristone
miff
miffed
miffier

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIELIE

belie
charlie
collie
folie
forelie
girlie
goalie
jeelie
Jolie
keelie
kylie
lie
millie
nellie
ollie
seelie
the seelie
the unseelie
unseelie
willie

Synonyms and antonyms of mielie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mielie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIELIE

Find out the translation of mielie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mielie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mielie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mielie
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mielie
570 millions of speakers

English

mielie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mielie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mielie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mielie
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mielie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mielie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mielie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mielie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mielie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mielie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mielie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mielie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mielie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mielie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Mielie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mielie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mielie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mielie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mielie
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mielie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mielie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mielie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mielie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mielie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mielie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIELIE»

The term «mielie» is regularly used and occupies the 73.652 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIELIE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mielie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIELIE»

Discover the use of mielie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mielie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cape Town
... sometimes called vinegar pudding, since it's traditionally made with apricot jam and vinegar mielie – an ear of maize; also see mielie meal and miele pap mielie meal – finely ground maize mielie pap – mealie porridge; the staple diet of rural ...
Simon Richmond, Helen Ranger, 2009
2
From Leah's Kitchen: The Gluten-Free Diet
1⁄2 cup gluten-free mix or Corn flour 1⁄2 cup Mielie flour (Yellow Corn Meal) 2 teaspoons Baking Powder 1⁄4 teaspoon Salt 1⁄2 cup Water or Milk 4 teaspoons Margarine 1 beaten Egg 1⁄2 cup Mielieflour (Yellow Corn Meal) Add this mixture to ...
Leah Saban, 2013
3
The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the ...
(Mielie. Brood). 2 cups cornmeal 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 TBS sugar 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt cold water Mix all the ingredients together with enough water to form a stiff dough. Set aside for 15 minutes Place the mixture in a greased ...
Jeanne Jacob-Ashkenazi, Michael Ashkenazi, Michael Ashkenazi Ph.D., 2014
4
Soaring on African Wings
Then we headed into the veld accompanied by their two big dogs, Rover and Hitler, and armed with two catapults, or “catties' as we called them, a pellet gun and two empty maize meal bags-”mielie bags'-for covers. After sunset we stalked the ...
Hendrik Erasmus, 2005
5
Glass Jars Among Trees
The driver is a thick-set, fleshy man in his sixties; an old lock forward, a rich mielie farmer. Next to him is a woman in her late fifties. The two of them ignore Miriam and look straight at me as if to say, "Why the hell as a responsible adult aren't ...
Arja Salafranca, Alan Finlay, 2003
6
South African (SA) Traditional Food Recipes
South Africans enjoy their Boerewors with pap, a mielie based porridge, and a delicious home-made sauce. What you'll need: Boerewors, mielie pap, 1 apple, 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tomato, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 can of tomato relish, sugar , ...
Dr.Phillip Botha
7
Traditional South African Recipes - Grandma's Recipes:
... sides are done, serve with your barbeque fare or with butter, cheese and fruit preserves MIELIE MEAL MUFFINS 250 ml cake flour A pinch salt 20 ml baking powder 30 ml sugar 250 ml mielie meal (corn meal) 1 MIELIE MEAL MUFFINS.
Mabel Dawn Van Niekerk, 2013
8
Sacred Traditions and Biodiversity Conservation in the ...
Mielie (corn) fields and orchards Mielie fields (i.e., of lea mays) and orchards (for fruit trees and macadamia nuts) were established in the uplands in the three villages. The fields are extensive and most households depended solely on the field ...
Thidinalei Tshiguvho, 2008
9
Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Traces the author's coming-of-age in civil-war-torn Rhodesia, where her family settled after purchasing the farm of a brutally murdered family, detailing a youth marked by terrorism, dangerous wild animals, and the author's embittered ...
Lauren St John, 2008
10
Women Speak: Reflections on Our Struggles, 1982-1997
Someone once said that a man treats women in the same way as a baboon behaves in a mielie field. The baboon goes into a mielie field to steal cobs and he starts at one end of the field, picks a cob and puts it under his armpit. The he moves ...
Shamim Meer, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIELIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mielie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A community divided
“Before construction resumes, houses, graves, animal veld and mielie fields will be relocated to suitable alternative land.” The justification for ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
SA's genetically modified maize: Here's what you should know about it
ANDREA TEAGLE takes a look at some of the risks and benefits of South Africa's beloved mielie today. The Genetically Modified Organisms ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
3
BOOK REVIEW: Road Tripping with Justin Bonello
... for a warmhearted winter evening — and traditional mores — mielie bread, Apricot Malva Pudding with Brandy Glaze (also Petrus Matudela). «BDlive, Jun 15»
4
Manager, accomplice arrested for staged robbery
The man claimed he had gone to a garage to buy mielie-meal and stopped at a Pick 'n Pay to buy meat before being hijacked. Police then took ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
5
South African Pop-Up Coming to Naked Kitchen
Binder reports that she's brought back a suitcase full of delicacies from home, including white Mielie Meal for authentic South African-style ... «Zagat, Jun 15»
6
Eskom to cut 2000 MW of power from 4pm to 10pm
A woman stirs Uphutu, a local staple food made from mielie-meal (ground maize), during a blackout in Soweto. File photo. Image by: SIPHIWE ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
7
Joburg man arrested for shooting stepson
... found in a bush next to Mlumati River, about 200m from the suspect's house, covered with used pampers and an empty bag of mielie meal. «The Citizen, Jun 15»
8
South Africa Corruption FIFA and the ANC
Usually when the ANC party makes donations, such as a week before voting, and giving sacks of mielie meal to voters in exchange for a vote, ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jun 15»
9
Tim Noakes: will the Nutrition Inquisition finally silence him?
This includes all foods made from refined flour and refined sugar – rusks, biscuits, cakes, mielie pap, commercial breads, soda drinks. Not only ... «BizNews, Jun 15»
10
The lowest harvest in 8 years will be costly
But even those who do not eat direct maize products – such as mielie meal – will feel the pressure of price increases. Maize is a common ... «Independent Online, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mielie [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mielie>. May 2024 ».
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