maison

Noun

house

Adj

1. (invariable) homemade
2. (invariable) in-house
3. (colloquial, emphatic, intensifier, invariable) first-rate, top-notch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛ.zɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: -

Inherited from Old French: maisun

Inherited from Latin: mānsiō

In summary

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.

Concepts

house

🏠

home

🏠

building

dwelling

household

residence

family

👪

firm

place

homemade

abode

edifice

outfit

home-made

company

domicile

hut

🛖

compound

habitation

dwelling house

home base

home plate

house music

husband

🤵

hutch

improvised

lodgement

makeshift

mansion

menage

mobile home

nursing home

parentage

pedigree

plate

prefab

put up

residences

residential building

residential house

rest home

shack

shanty

shelter

sign

sign of the zodiac

sliver

squat

structure

style

Synonyms

domicile

à la maison

foyer

famille

👪

demeure

🏠

habitation

bâtiment

case

🛖

concession

logis

résidence

logement

appartement

immeuble

de fer

chez-soi

🏠

édifice

cabane

clan

fait maison

hutte

🛖

lignée

maisonnée

rentrer

signe

société

style

tribu

bâtiment d’habitation

de fortune

gent

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

gîte

home

lignage

maison de repos

bonne famille

mayeson

gïte

faite maison

abri

improvisée

abriter

adresse

assiette

assigner

base

chambre

chez soi

commerce

députer

Translations

casa

🏠

Haus

🏠

casa

🏠

casa

🏠

huis

🏠

dom

ev

🏠

domus

🏠

σπίτι

casa

🏠

lar

🏠

ostal

vivienda

Heim

🏠

Wohnung

Sentences

Je quitte cette maison , et , si tu veux , je te donne ma place .

I leave this house, and, if you want, I give you my place.

Eh bien , la maison attendra !

Well, the house will wait!

Leur maison principale se trouve à Can Tho.

Their main house is in Can Tho.

Il a passé les vingt dernières années dans sa maison dans le Jura français .

He has spent the last twenty years in his house in the French Jura.

Wangsun Su était un des chefs de file de la maison royale .

Wangsun Su was one of the leaders of the royal house.

Dans la même maison vivait quelques années plus tard , le dramaturge Américain Tennessee Williams .

In the same house lived a few years later, the American playwright Tennessee Williams.