Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)One of the court favourites of Henry III of France.

  2. (obsolete, rare)A cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I'm having the filet mignon.

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  2. The filet mignon at Benedito's restaurant is juicy and tender.

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  3. I didn't know "mignon" meant cute in French. Now I know.

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  4. Goethe's poem "Mignon" is widely read in Japan in Mori Ogai's excellent translation.

    ruСтихотворение Гёте "Миньона" очень любят в Японии по известному переводу, сделанному Мори Огаи.

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Origin

From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old Fren

From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minna (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnia (“love”). More at mind. Compare Dutch minnen (“to love”). Doublet of minion.

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Forms

plural: mignons
Singularmignon
Pluralmignons

regular

Synonyms

40 synonyms
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See also

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