adj
Meaning 1
Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
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Standard Lemma guide
mignon
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɪnjɒn/
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UK: /ˈmɪnjɑ̃/
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US: /mɪnˈjɑn/
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rhymes with (UK) -ɒn
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rhymes with (US) -ɑn
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 G N AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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name
Meaning 3
A female given name from French.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from French.
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noun
Meaning 5
A cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exquisite, fopling, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
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noun
Meaning 6
One of the court favourites of Henry III of France.
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Usage: historical
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History
Etymology
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.
Borrowed from French Mignon. * (surname): Occasionally of Walloon origin.
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