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Is mignon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mignon is a Scrabble US word. The word mignon is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is mignon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mignon is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

M3I1G2N1O1N1

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Yes. The word mignon is a Words With Friends word. The word mignon is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

MIGNON,

4-letter words (7 found)

GINN,INGO,MING,MINO,MONG,NONG,NONI,

3-letter words (14 found)

GIN,GIO,GON,ING,INN,ION,MIG,MOG,MOI,MON,NIM,NOG,NOM,NON,

2-letter words (10 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,MI,MO,NO,OI,OM,ON,

You can make 32 words from mignon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mignon

mignon

Etymology

From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnjo (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minnja (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnea (“love”). More at mind. Compare also minion and Dutch minnen (“to love”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnjɒn/, /ˈmɪnjɑ̃/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɪnˈjɑn/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn

Adjective

mignon (comparative more mignon, superlative most mignon)

  1. Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.

Noun

mignon (plural mignons)

  1. (rare, obsolete) A cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child. [18th–19th c.]
  2. (historical) One of the court favourites of Henry III of France. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

  • Monnig

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mignon, from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnjo (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minnja (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnea (“love”). More at mind.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ɲɔ̃/
  • Homophone: Mignon

Adjective

mignon (feminine mignonne, masculine plural mignons, feminine plural mignonnes)

  1. cute (of a baby, an animal, etc.)
  2. cute (sexually attractive)

Synonyms

  • joli

Derived terms

  • filet mignon
  • péché mignon
  • troglodyte mignon

Descendants

  • → English: mignon
  • → Italian: mignon
  • → Portuguese: mignon
  • → Turkish: minyon

Noun

mignon m (plural mignons)

  1. a small pastry

Further reading

  • “mignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mignon.

Adjective

mignon (invariable)

  1. mignon (small and dainty)

Further reading

  • mignon in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French mignon.

Pronunciation

Noun

mignon m (plural mignons)

  1. (Brazil) Clipping of filé mignon.

Adjective

mignon m or f (plural mignons or mignon)

  1. (Brazil) mignon (small and dainty)
  2. (Brazil, slang) cute (sexually attractive)

Further reading

  • “mignon” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mignon.

Adjective

mignon m or n (feminine singular mignonă, masculine plural mignoni, feminine and neuter plural mignone)

  1. cute

Declension


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