EuroLex/F/Maisonette

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: maisonnette - 1. a small house, a cottage


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech mezonet ... 'a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch maisonnette ... 'a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance' '...' ...
English maisonette 19c 'meaning 1;

and also: a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance US equivalent: duplex.'

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Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Maisonette ... 'a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance'

also called "Einliegerwohnung"'

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Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian maisonette ... 'a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

Annotations edit

maisonnette: diminutive of "maison"

Information on Other Languages edit

The French term for a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance is "appartement en duplex".

The Spanish term for a flat within a larger house or block, especially one on two floors, usually with its own separate entrance is "dúplex".