Mignon (disambiguation) explained

Mignon is an 1866 opera by Ambroise Thomas, based on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.

Mignon (French for "cute" or "kind") may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Mignon, a fictional character in Goethe's novels Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years
  • Mignon (Schubert), the Goethe character and the subject of several lieder by Schubert
• the title character of Modeste Mignon, an 1844 novel by Honoré de Balzac
• Mignon, a 1962 novel by James M. Cain
• Mignon (1915 film), an American film based on the opera
• Mignon (1922 film), a German film based on Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
• the title character of Mignon Has Come to Stay, a 1988 Italian film

Places

• Mignon, Alabama, a census-designated place in the United States
• Canal du Mignon, a canal in western France
• Mignon (river), a tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, France
• Mignon Point, a headland on the south side of the entrance to Belize Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

People

• Mignon (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
• Mignon (musician), 21st-century German punk rock musician Mignon Baer
• Les Mignons, a term for the frivolous and fashionable young men who were favorites of King Henry III of France

Other uses

• Mignon (chocolate egg), a confectionery product made by Fazer
• Mignon, a quality of the French Maroilles cheese
• Mignon battery, a common European term for an AA battery
• Rosa 'Cécile Brünner', a rose also known as Mignon

See also

• Filet mignon, a tender cut of beef
• Welte-Mignon, a former manufacturer of orchestrions, organs and reproducing pianos
• Minion (disambiguation)
• Mignonne (disambiguation)