mignon

Significado (inglés)

Adj

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

Noun

a small pastry

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mi.ɲɔ̃/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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 minna (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnia (“love”), Old Dutch minna (Dutch min). More at mind.