mielleux
French, adjective/mjɛ.lø/
mielleux is spelled M-I-E-L-L-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mielleux is a French adjective meaning “sugary, sickly sweet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient du miel”.
What does mielleux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sugary, sickly sweet
- 2
honeyed, smooth, mellifluous
- 3
smooth-tongued, unctuous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient du miel. 2. Qui est fade, doucereux, d'une douceur exagérée, en parlant d’une personne ou de ses actes.
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 mielleux
- mielleuse feminine
- mielleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mielleux?
- /mjɛ.lø/
- /mje.lø/
- \mjɛ.lø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mielleux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mielleux in French?
mielleux appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).