mignon

¹

[min-yon, mee-nyawn]

adjective

1. small and pretty; delicately pretty.

Mignon

²

[mee-nyawn]

noun

1. an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.

mignon

/ ˈmɪnjɒn, miɲɔ̃, ˈmɪnjɒn, miɲɔn /

adjective

1. small and pretty; dainty

Other Word Forms

• mignonne noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mignon¹

From French, dating back to 1550–60; minion

Word History and Origins

Origin of mignon¹

C16: from French, from Old French mignot dainty

Example Sentences

On Sundays, depending on what I had for lunch, we will do either burger night or grass-fed filet mignon night.

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Another looted artwork - a floral still-life by the 17th-century Dutch painter Abraham Mignon - was also spotted on one of the sister's social media, AD reported.

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Another looted artwork - a floral still-life by the 17th-century Dutch painter Abraham Mignon - was also spotted on one of the sister's social media, AD reports.

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Instead of filet mignon, he’s serving hanger steaks.

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Weaving a Dan Brown-esque plot device into a novel of post-Soviet broken-home melancholy feels a lot like filet mignon served with a side of microwave mac and cheese.

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