maison

French, noun/mɛ.zɔ̃/

maison is spelled M-A-I-S-O-N (6 letters) and appears 339 times per million words in written French, the 235th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maison is a French feminine noun meaning “house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment servant de logis, d’habitation, de demeure”.

What does maison mean in English?

noun

1
femininehouse

adjective

1
homemade
une grande tarte maison
2
in-house
La compagnie a un département de traduction maison.
3
colloquialfirst-rate, top-notch
une engueulade maison

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bâtiment servant de logis, d’habitation, de demeure. 2. Ménage, foyer ; tout ce qui a rapport aux affaires domestiques (qu’il s’agisse réellement d’une maison ou d’une autre forme d’habitation). 3. Maisonnée, famille. 4. Lignée ; famille, en parlant des familles nobles et illustres.

adjective: 1. Qui est fabriqué à la maison. 2. Qui est confectionné par le commerçant lui-même. 3. Relatif à sa propre ville, sa région, son pays.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of maison

maisons plural
maisonne alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maison?

/mɛ.zɔ̃/
/me.zɔ̃/
\me.zɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to maison

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is maison in French?

maison appears 339 times per million words in written French.

maison0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Frenchmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).