mignon
Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; daintySmall and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
» I'm having the filet mignon.
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1 sensesSmall and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
Examples
4 sentencesI'm having the filet mignon.
The filet mignon at Benedito's restaurant is juicy and tender.
I didn't know "mignon" meant cute in French. Now I know.
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. — sobr_vamp
Origin
From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old FrenFrom 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
more mignon, most mignon| Comparative | more mignon Lesson |
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| Superlative | most mignon Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form