maison

From Middle French, from Old French maisun, meson, inherited from Latin mansiō, mansiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”), from maneō (“remain, stay”) (whence also French manoir).

Doublet of mansion, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: maisons
• Hyphenation: mai‧son

maison f (plural maisons)

1. house

• demeure
• domicile

maison (invariable)

1. homemade

   une grande tarte maison.

   a big home-made pie.

   spécialité maison.

   speciality of the house.

2. (employment) in-house

   La compagnie a un département de traduction maison.

   The company has an in-house translation department.

3. (colloquial)(intensifier) first-rate, top-notch

   une engueulade maison.

   a hell of a telling off.

• (home-made) domestique, fait maison

• “maison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• aimons

From Old French maisun, meson.

maison f (plural maisons)

1. house (building intended to be lived in)
2. house; dynasty
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 31:

     il dist qu'il estoit de la maison au Roy Artus

     he says he was from the House of King Arthur

• French: maison

Borrowed from French maison.

maison f (plural maisons)

1. fashion house