"mignonette" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mignonette.wav [US] Forms: more mignonette [comparative], most mignonette [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From French mignonnette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Reseda odorata|species}} Reseda odorata, {{bor|en|fr|mignonnette}} French mignonnette, {{m|fr|mignon||dainty}} mignon (“dainty”), {{m|fr|-ette||diminutive suffix}} -ette (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} mignonette (comparative more mignonette, superlative most mignonette)
  1. Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant. Categories (topical): Greys Categories (lifeform): Myrtales order plants Synonyms: reseda Related terms: mignonette pepper, mignonette sauce, dyer's rocket
    Sense id: en-mignonette-en-adj-JljEQXCa Disambiguation of Greys: 31 35 24 1 9 Disambiguation of Myrtales order plants: 19 34 28 2 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 17 1 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 23 1 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mignonnette [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mignonette.wav [US] Forms: mignonettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From French mignonnette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Reseda odorata|species}} Reseda odorata, {{bor|en|fr|mignonnette}} French mignonnette, {{m|fr|mignon||dainty}} mignon (“dainty”), {{m|fr|-ette||diminutive suffix}} -ette (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mignonette (plural mignonettes)
  1. A plant, Reseda odorata, having greyish-green flowers with orange-coloured stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. Categories (topical): Greens, Greys Categories (lifeform): Brassicales order plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Myrtales order plants Synonyms (plant): reseda (english: one sense) Translations (the plant Reseda odorata): жълта резеда (žǎlta rezeda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), marduixí [masculine] (Catalan), tuinreseda [feminine] (Dutch), tuoksureseda (Finnish), reseda [feminine] (Galician), Garten-Resede [feminine] (German), buí cumhra [masculine] (Irish), rezeda wonna [feminine] (Polish), rezedă [feminine] (Romanian), rozetă [feminine] (Romanian), резеда́ (rezedá) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mignonette-en-noun-Bg-TN9FC Disambiguation of Greens: 32 40 21 1 6 Disambiguation of Greys: 31 35 24 1 9 Disambiguation of Brassicales order plants: 23 32 23 2 21 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 23 30 23 2 21 Disambiguation of Myrtales order plants: 19 34 28 2 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 17 1 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 23 1 22 Disambiguation of 'plant': 59 0 0 41 Disambiguation of 'the plant Reseda odorata': 58 29 0 13
  2. A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna. Categories (topical): Greys Categories (lifeform): Myrtales order plants
    Sense id: en-mignonette-en-noun-jywPB9Jk Disambiguation of Greys: 31 35 24 1 9 Disambiguation of Myrtales order plants: 19 34 28 2 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 17 1 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 23 1 22
  3. A mignonette vine
    Sense id: en-mignonette-en-noun-n-VVsf2j
  4. A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant. Categories (lifeform): Myrtales order plants
    Sense id: en-mignonette-en-noun-TUlYnfVb Disambiguation of Myrtales order plants: 19 34 28 2 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 29 17 1 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 23 1 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reseda [colour, color], mignonnette [obsolete] Translations (greyish-green colour — see also reseda): resedagrün (German)
Disambiguation of 'greyish-green colour — see also reseda': 44 14 0 42

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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A plant, Reseda odorata, having greyish-green flowers with orange-coloured stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb."
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        "A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna."
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        "A mignonette vine"
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        }
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        "A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant."
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    }
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žǎlta rezeda",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жълта резеда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marduixí"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuinreseda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "word": "tuoksureseda"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Garten-Resede"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buí cumhra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rezeda wonna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rezedă"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozetă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezedá",
      "sense": "the plant Reseda odorata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "резеда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "greyish-green colour — see also reseda",
      "word": "resedagrün"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Frederick Warne & Co"
  ],
  "word": "mignonette"
}

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    {
      "word": "mignonette pepper"
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    {
      "word": "mignonette sauce"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyer's rocket"
    }
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          "ref": "1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44",
          "text": "She wore a dishabille of mignonette-green silk and bead-diapered head-dress that added several inches to her height […]."
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    "Frederick Warne & Co"
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}

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