lumignon
French, noun/ly.mi.ɲɔ̃/
lumignon is spelled L-U-M-I-G-N-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lumignon is a French masculine noun meaning “small light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bout de la mèche d’une bougie ou d’une lampe allumée ; fumignon”.
What does lumignon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall light
- 2
masculinecandle end
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bout de la mèche d’une bougie ou d’une lampe allumée ; fumignon. 2. Ce qui reste d’un bout de bougie qui achève de brûler. 3. Petite lumière, quinquet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lumignon
- lumignons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lumignon?
- /ly.mi.ɲɔ̃/
- \ly.mi.ɲɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lumignon in French?
lumignon appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).