Manon

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: manon and man on

Dutch

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from French Manon, pet form of Marie.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /maːˈnɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧non
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Proper noun

[edit]

Manon f

  1. a female given name
[edit]

French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Pet form of Marie, made famous by Manon Lescaut, heroine of a novel (1731) by Abbé Prévost, and of two operas.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Manon f

  1. a female given name, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s

Descendants

[edit]
  • Dutch: Manon