maisonette

Or mai·son·nette

[mey-zuh-net]

noun

1. a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.

2. an apartment, usually of two floors connected by an internal staircase; duplex apartment.

maisonette

/ ˌmeɪzəˈnɛt /

noun

1. self-contained living accommodation often occupying two floors of a larger house and having its own outside entrance

Word History and Origins

Origin of maisonette¹

1810–20; < French, Old French, equivalent to maison house ( mansion ) + -ette -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of maisonette¹

C19: from French, diminutive of maison house

Example Sentences

He told the court he went into Glenfada Park to seek cover between the courtyard's maisonettes and remembered someone telling a youth to "put away" a nail bomb as "you'll only get people killed".

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They include the maisonette owned by Dolly Thomas, who has lived there since 2011 with her husband and two daughters.

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Many Tiger Bay families were eventually able to move back to the area but it was forever changed, the rows of terraces replaced by a council estate of high rise flats and maisonettes.

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The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar has 146 flats and maisonettes, and is managed by property management company Way of Life, which has said it is investigating the situation.

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Several blocks of maisonettes were demolished though, leaving behind land which has lain derelict for more than a decade.

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