maison

maison is feminine in French.

house

Related: à la maison, aux frais de la maison, employé de maison, fait maison, gros comme une maison, Maison Blanche, maison close, maison d'arrêt, maison de campagne, maison de correction

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French maisun, meson, inherited from Latin mānsiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”), from maneō (“remain, stay”) (whence also French manoir). Doublet of mansion, a borrowing.

homemade; in-house; first-rate, top-notch

“une grande tarte maison” — a big home-made pie

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French maisun, meson, inherited from Latin mānsiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”), from maneō (“remain, stay”) (whence also French manoir). Doublet of mansion, a borrowing.