minion

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• /ˈmɪnjən/
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• homophone: minyan
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• rhymes with -ɪnjən
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), 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”). Doublet of mignon.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: favorit — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Arabic: تَابِع (tābiʕ) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Azerbaijani: sevimli — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Bengali: ভৃত্য (bhritto) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Bulgarian: фаворит (favorit) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Catalan: adlàter — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Catalan: esbirro — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Chinese Mandarin: 奴才 (núcái) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Chinese Mandarin: 奴仆 (núpú) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Czech: oblíbenec — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Danish: håndlanger — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Dutch: ondergeschikte — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Esperanto: sbiro — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Estonian: käsilane — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Finnish: käskyläinen — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• French: subalterne — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• French: sous-fifre — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• French: séide — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• French: larbin — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Galician: lacaio — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• German: Ergebener — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• German: Untergebener — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• German: Lakai — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Greek: ακόλουθος (akólouthos) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Greek: ευνοούμενος (evnooúmenos) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Hebrew: מְשָׁרֵת — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Hungarian: csatlós — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Hungarian: samesz — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Hungarian: fogdmeg — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Icelandic: skósveinn — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Indonesian: kaki tangan — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Indonesian: antek — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Italian: lacché — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Japanese: 子分 (kobun) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Korean: 앞잡이 (apjabi) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Latin: satelles — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Latvian: mīlulis — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Malay: orang suruhan — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Mongolian: шадар (šadar) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Polish: sługa — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Portuguese: favorito — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Portuguese: lacaio — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Romanian: răsfățat — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Russian: ве́рный слуга́ (vérnyj slugá) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Russian: шестёрка (šestjórka) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Russian: приспе́шник (prispéšnik) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Serbo-Croatian: штићеник — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Serbo-Croatian: љубимац — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Serbo-Croatian: štićenik — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubimac — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Slovak: obľúbenec — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Spanish: secuaz — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Spanish: miñón — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Swedish: hejduk — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Swedish: skyddsling — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Swedish: tjänare — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Swedish: underlydare — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Tagalog: kampon — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Tagalog: alagad — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Thai: ลูกสมุน — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Thai: สมุน (sà-mǔn) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Thai: ลิ่วล้อ (lîu-lɔ́ɔ) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Thai: ข้าราชการผู้น้อย (kâa râat-chá-gaan pôo nói) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Turkish: dalkavuk — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Ukrainian: фавори́т (favorýt) — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Vietnamese: kẻ nô lệ — loyal servant of another more powerful being
• Bulgarian: раболепен слуга (rabolepen sluga) — sycophantic follower
• Dutch: slaafs volgeling — sycophantic follower
• Dutch: hielenlikker — sycophantic follower
• Finnish: lakeija — sycophantic follower
• Finnish: perseennuolija — sycophantic follower
• French: laquais — sycophantic follower
• German: Günstling — sycophantic follower
• Hungarian: tányérnyaló — sycophantic follower
• Hungarian: talpnyaló — sycophantic follower
• Hungarian: kegyenc — sycophantic follower
• Indonesian: kacung — sycophantic follower
• Italian: tirapiedi — sycophantic follower
• Polish: pomagier — sycophantic follower
• Polish: sługus — sycophantic follower
• Polish: pachołek — sycophantic follower
• Russian: холу́й (xolúj) — sycophantic follower
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušnik — sycophantic follower
• Catalan: glossilla — 7-point type
• Dutch: kolonel — 7-point type
• French: mignone — 7-point type
• French: mignonne — 7-point type
• German: Kolonel — 7-point type
• German: Colonel — 7-point type
• German: Mignon — 7-point type
• Hungarian: kolonel — 7-point type
• Spanish: miñona — 7-point type
• Spanish: glosilla — 7-point type