minet
French, noun/mi.nɛ/
minet is spelled M-I-N-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minet is a French masculine noun meaning “kitty; puss or pussy (cat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surnom donné à un chat”.
What does minet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekitty; puss or pussy (cat)
- 2
masculineadolescent male, kid
- 3
masculineslangtwink
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surnom donné à un chat. 2. Nom donné à un jeune garçon dont le comportement aguicheur est semblable à celui d’un chat. 3. Jeune chat.
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 minet
- minets plural
- minette feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minet?
- /mi.nɛ/
- \mi.nɛ\
- [mi.nɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minet in French?
minet appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).