🇫🇷 French

maisons

feminine

les maisons

houses

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maisons
/le mɛzɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say maisons in French?

IPA
/le mɛzɔ̃/

How do you pronounce maisons in French?

maisons is pronounced /le mɛzɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

La maison blanche est très grande et elle est située près de la rivière.

The white house is very large and it is located near the river.

Ma nouvelle maison est spacieuse, et je suis très heureux de l'avoir achetée.

My new house is spacious, and I am very happy to have bought it.

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Why is it feminine?

Maisons is feminine because it derives from the Latin "mansio" (a dwelling or mansion), which was a feminine noun in Latin. French preserved this grammatical gender through phonetic evolution. The Latin feminine ending -io evolved into Old French -ion, which then became -on/-son in modern French, as seen in words like "raison" and "saison". The feminine gender was maintained throughout this evolution.

What is the French word for houses?

The French word for houses is les maisons — feminine.

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