minyó
See also: minyo
Catalan
Etymology
Possibly an expressive cry (Portuguese menino, French mignon (“cute”)), or possibly from Latin minimus (Spanish mi niño).
Pronunciation
Noun
minyó m (plural minyons, feminine minyona, feminine plural minyones)
Descendants
- → Spanish: miñón
Further reading
- “minyó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “minyó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “minyó” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.