mignon

UK/ˈmɪnjɒn/US/mɪnˈjɑn/

mignon adjective: small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.

Adjective

mignon (comparative more mignon, superlative most mignon)

Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
- "Will you not wear these to-morrow?" said the King, offering one pair to Madame de Merœur; then, turning to her sister, he added, "I only hope yours are small enough for those mignon hands."1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 127
- It was the deep-blue, dreaming, haughty eyes of "Miladi" that he was bringing back to memory, not the brown mignon face that had been so late close to his in the light of the moon.1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “Cigarette en Condottiera”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 194

Noun

mignon (plural mignons)

(obsolete, rare) A cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child.
- “I wish the blow he dealt to that fine essenced mignon had beat his brains out.”1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 264
Synonyms:

exquisite, fopling, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy
(historical) One of the court favourites of Henry III of France.
- When the mignons, barefoot and clad in sacks with holes for their heads and feet, marched with Henry in a penitential procession, lashing their backs, one wit opined that they should have aimed their blows lower.2003, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, Harvard, published 2003, page 330
- Many commentators claimed hyperbolically that, because of their outrageous fashions, it was difficult to tell whether the mignons were male or female.2005, Rebecca Zorach, Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold, University of Chicago, published 2005, page 220

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mignon

the Mignon

A left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mignon

Mignon (plural Mignons)

A female given name from French.
- 'Yes,' said Mignon, and stretched out her hand for it, but they would not let her take it back.1984, Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus, Vintage, published 2006, →ISBN, page 150
- Surprisingly, Mignon Anderson, for all her innocence, was born into a theatrical family–in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 31,1892.2002, Anthony Slide, Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses, University Press of Kentucky, published 2002, →ISBN
A surname from French.

mignon meaning in Urdu

mignon in Urdu

چھوٹا اور خوبصورت, نازک اور حسین

Examples of mignon in a sentence

Exactly what my grandfather says," Dorothy retorted, fun flashing in that mignon face.1911 September 29, Marcin Barner, “Britz of Headquarters”, in The Branford Opinion:
Starting a dance can be as fortuitous as its termination: a very short, mignon girl asks a tall guy to dance with her, then drops him a moment later without a word.1987, Persistence of Vision: The Journal of the Film Faculty of the City University of New York, numbers 5-8, page 68:
Magazines dubbed her 'a girl for the salons', 'the pretty girl' of the Turkish cinema, perfectly suited to the role of a blonde, mignon girl who had been educated at the best schools.2002, Seçil Büker, “The Film Does not End with an Ecstatic Kiss”, in Deniz Kandiyoti, Ayşe Saktanber, editors, Fragments of Culture: The...

Synonyms of mignon

exquisite
fopling
carpet knight
dandy
dood
fashionable
fast man
fine gentleman
fop
fribble

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Forms of mignon

Adjective
comparative	more mignon
superlative	most mignon
Noun
plural	mignons
Proper noun
plural	Mignons

Origin of mignon

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.

Phrases with mignon

filet mignon

Words that rhyme with mignon

Questions about mignon

What does mignon mean?: Mignon means small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
What is mignon in Urdu?: Mignon in Urdu is چھوٹا اور خوبصورت, نازک اور حسین. See Mignon meaning in Urdu.
How do you use mignon in a sentence?: Exactly what my grandfather says," Dorothy retorted, fun flashing in that mignon face.
What part of speech is mignon?: Mignon can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mignon?: Mignon is pronounced /ˈmɪnjɒn/ (UK).

Words near mignon in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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