noun
Meaning 1
A small house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
maisonette
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/meɪ.zəˈnɛt/
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noun
Meaning 2
An apartment, often on two floors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a small house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maisonnette
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: house
noun
Meaning 4
a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maisonnette
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apartment, flat
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French maisonnette. Doublet of mansionette.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: малка къща (malka kǎšta) — small house
- Finnish: pientalo — small house
- French: maisonnette — small house
- Greek: μεζονέτα (mezonéta) — small house
- Irish: teachín — small house
- Irish: teaghasán — small house
- Polish: domek — small house
- Bulgarian: мезонет (mezonet) — apartment, often on two floors
- French: duplex — apartment, often on two floors
- German: Maisonette — apartment, often on two floors
- German: Maisonettenwohnung — apartment, often on two floors
- Polish: mieszkanie w piętrowcu — apartment, often on two floors
- Swedish: etagevåning — apartment, often on two floors
- Swedish: etagelägenhet — apartment, often on two floors
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