maisonnette

French

Etymology

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

Noun

maisonnette f (plural maisonnettes)

a low, small house

Descendants

→ English: maisonette

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.

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