Level A1 (Beginner)
🎧 Audio by Marie Assel Cambier — native speaker & pro voice artist from France
Today’s French Word of the Day is la maison, meaning “house” or “home.” In this quick lesson, you’ll learn:
✅ Meaning & usage
✅ Pronunciation
✅ Example sentences
✅ Related words
✅ Related lessons
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📘 Meaning & usage
Maison is a common feminine French noun that means “house” or “home.” It’s used in everyday conversation to describe where someone lives or to refer to the idea of being at home (à la maison). See examples below.
🎧 Pronunciation
Maison is pronounced /mɛ.zɔ̃/, with a nasal sound at the end — the “n” isn’t pronounced, but it gives the “on” a soft, nasal tone.
📝 Example sentences
La maison – house
Les maisons dans le nord de la France sont construites en briques.
The houses in the north of France are made of brick.
Nous habitons dans cette maison depuis quinze ans.
We’ve been living in this house for 15 years.
This sentence uses the construction faire + infinitive, which expresses having something done or causing an action to happen.
La famille fait construire une maison à la campagne.
The family is having a house built in the countryside.
The French adjective for “homemade” is maison, and it’s invariable — it doesn’t change for gender or number. You’ll also often see fait maison used.
La confiture maison de grand-mère est délicieuse.
Grandmother’s homemade jam is delicious.
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🔗 Related words
Parts of the House
- la porte – door
- la fenêtre – window
- le toit – roof
- le mur – wall
- le sol / le plancher – floor
- le plafond – ceiling
- l’escalier – staircase
- le couloir – hallway
- le grenier – attic
- la cave – basement
Rooms
- la cuisine – kitchen
- la salle de bain – bathroom
- le salon – living room
- la chambre – bedroom
- la salle à manger – dining room
- le bureau – office/study
- les toilettes – toilet/restroom
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People & Places
- chez moi – at my place
- chez toi/lui/elle – at your/his/her place
- le foyer – household, home
- le domicile – residence
- habiter – to live
- emménager – to move in
- Déménager – to move out
👉 Want to learn more? Browse our full list of home vocabulary in French.
Word origin
The modern French feminine noun maison comes from mansionem in Latin.
🚀 Continue your French learning!
Now that you’ve mastered la maison, a great next step is learning the preposition chez, which means “at the home of” or “at someone’s place.” For example: Je suis chez moi (I’m at home).
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