minou
French, noun/mi.nu/
minou is spelled M-I-N-O-U (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minou is a French masculine noun meaning “kitty, pussy, a small cat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit chat”.
What does minou mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinekitty, pussy, a small cat
- 2
masculineslangpussy, kitty, quim
- 3
masculinedarling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit chat. 2. Chérie, chéri. 3. Duvet de laine, de coton, ou flocons de poussières qui se loge sous les meubles. 4. Au jeu de cartes, le ou les jokers.
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 minou
- minous plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minou?
- /mi.nu/
- \mi.nu\
- [mi.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minou in French?
minou appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).