maison

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Meaning

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
mai‧son
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛ.zɔ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French maisun, meson, inherited from Latin mānsiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”), from maneō (“remain, stay”) (whence also French manoir). Doublet of mansion, a borrowing.

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