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maison d'édition
noun, feminine
publishing house
maison de campagne
noun, feminine
country house
maison de correction
noun, feminine
reform school, reformatory, borstal; house of correction
maison de cour
noun, feminine
courthouse
maison de crapaud
noun, feminine
mushroom, toadstool
maison de disque
noun, feminine
record label, record company (company selling records)
maison de jeu
noun, feminine
casino; play house, Wendy house
maison de joie
noun, feminine
fun house (brothel)
maison de maître
noun, feminine
townhouse (tall rowhouse); mansion
maison de passe
noun, feminine
maison de passe, love hotel
maison de production
noun, feminine
production company
reform school, reformatory, borstal; house of correction
maison de repos
noun, feminine
rest home, nursing home, care home
maison de retraite
noun, feminine
retirement home
maison de tolérance
noun, feminine
(licensed) brothel, maison de tolérance
maison de ville
noun, feminine
townhouse (a house in an urban setting); rowhouse (one of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall)
maison du tourisme
noun, feminine
a municipal French regulatory body of tourism; i.e., Maison du Tourisme de Grenoble
maison en bande
noun, feminine
terraced house, row house
maison hantée
noun, feminine
haunted house (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences); haunted house (Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction)
maison individuelle
noun, feminine
detached house
maison mitoyenne
noun, feminine
rowhouse, terraced house (one of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall)
maison mobile
noun, feminine
trailer, mobile home
maison mère
noun, feminine
motherhouse
maison publique
noun, feminine
a licensed brothel
maisonnette
noun, feminine
a low, small house
maisonnée
noun, feminine
household
maistrance
noun, feminine
the officers of a ship
maitre
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of maître
maitre-chanteur
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of maître-chanteur
maitre-nageur
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of maître-nageur
maitre-nageuse
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of maître-nageuse; female equivalent of maitre-nageur
maitresse
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of maîtresse
maitresse de maison
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of maîtresse de maison
maitrise
noun, feminine
post-1990 spelling of maîtrise
post-1990 spelling of maîtriser
maj.
noun, masculine
maj.: abbreviation of major
majestatif
adjective
majestic
majestically
majestueux
adjective
majestic
majesté
noun, feminine
majesty (greatness); majesty (quality of being majestic); majesty (title of a sovereign)
majeur
adjective
greater, larger, more important; of great importance, main, major, principal, greatest; major, adult, of age (who has attained the age of majority, who is over the legal age of majority); major
majeur
noun, masculine
an adult (as defined by the age of majority); middle finger
big enough and ugly enough to take care of oneself, grown-ass, old enough to look after oneself, mature enough to make one's own decisions
majolique
noun, feminine
majolica
major
noun, masculine/feminine
the highest non-commissioned officer rank: sergeant major, “major”; major (field officer rank)
major-général
noun, masculine
major general
majoral
adjective
mayoral
majorant
noun, masculine
upper bound
majorat
noun, masculine
majorat
majoration
noun, feminine
increase
majordome
noun, masculine
majordomo
to increase; to overestimate, to exaggerate
majorette
noun, feminine
majorette
majoritaire
adjective
majority; majoritarian
mostly, chiefly, predominantly
majorité
noun, feminine
majority; adulthood, age of majority
majorité absolue
noun, feminine
absolute majority (a number of votes totalling over 50 per cent)
majorité qualifiée
noun, feminine
qualified majority
majorité sexuelle
noun, feminine
age of consent
majorquais
adjective
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