maisonnette

English

Noun

maisonnette (plural maisonnettes)

1. Alternative form of maisonette.
   • 1935 March 31, “Palm Beach Keeps Busy”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2026:

     Although the Everglades Club closed officially last night, apartments, maisonnettes, tennis courts and golf courses will be in use until May.

   • 1994 May 15, Christine Aziz, “The HIV tenants nobody wants”, in The Independent‎^[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 June 2020:

     THE NEAT maisonnettes and manicured gardens exude comfortable suburbia.

   • 2003 January 30, Joseph Fitchett, “Judges clear [Roland] Dumas in Elf [Aquitaine] payoff scandal”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2026:

     In the Dumas trial, the French public was riveted by disclosures about the defendants' lifestyles, starting with the $10 million maisonnette on the Left Bank bought for Deviers-Joncour (and now returned by her).

   • 2012 October 8, James Meikle, “Man arrested over fatal Midlands fires”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2026:

     West Midlands police said the dead man was found after a blaze in a maisonnette, one of three fires reported in the area over half an hour.

French

Etymology

Attested circa 1175, from maison (“house”) +‎ -ette (“diminutive suffix”)

Noun

maisonnette f (plural maisonnettes)

1. a low, small house

Descendants

• → English: maisonette, maisonnette

References

• “maisonnette” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “maisonnette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012