mignon

noun

mi·gnon mēn-ˈyōⁿ

min-ˈyȯn

plural mignons

: filet mignon

Next came tender mignons of veal with pears; fillet of duck topped with a refreshing orange rind garnish … And we even made room for homemade chocolate.—

Alice Rubinstein Gochman

… you can match your mignons … with a glass of Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande 1981.—

Harvey Steiman

Examples of mignon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More:Downtown Detroit restaurant PAO made People magazine's 50 most beautiful list Filet mignon and panna cotta During the evening, Prime + Proper's staff waited on the kids, offering shared appetizers of salmon pate, dry-aged steak tartare and heirloom tomato. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024 Out flew the meat, memento mori mignon. —

Jack Fowler, National Review, 30 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for mignon

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