maison

common nounadjective

Syllable Decomposition

maison

from Latin mansionem (which became masione(m) in Vulgar Latin), accusative of mansio 'act of staying, stay, dwelling, residence', from the verb manēre ('to stay, remain'). The word underwent the same process of metonymy as habitation, deriving from the act of staying to the stay as a place.

Definitions

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Synonyms

Plural

maisons

Translations

  • germangerman:Haus
  • englishenglish:outfit
  • arabicarabic:منزل
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:
  • danishdanish:hus
  • spanishspanish:casa
  • finnishfinnish:koti
  • greekgreek:οίκος
  • hebrewhebrew:בית
  • hindihindi:मकान
  • italianitalian:casa
  • japanesejapanese:家庭
  • dutchdutch:huis
  • polishpolish:dom
  • portugueseportuguese:lar
  • russianrussian:дом
  • swedishswedish:hus
  • thaithai:บ้าน
  • ukrainianukrainian:хата

See also

domisme (cn.) Maisons (pn.) maisonnette (cn.) maisonnière (adj.)