Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
maison de maître
English translation:
manor house
Added to glossary by
Fiona McBrearty
Mar 3, 2005 19:19
20 yrs ago
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French term
maison de maître
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Guide book description:
"Atmosphère délicieusement "british" dans cette belle maison de maître de 1865 et son aile récente nichées au coeur d'un parc de 2 ha. Chambres amples et soignées."
The dictionary simply says "luxurious house" but that seems a bit flat...
"Atmosphère délicieusement "british" dans cette belle maison de maître de 1865 et son aile récente nichées au coeur d'un parc de 2 ha. Chambres amples et soignées."
The dictionary simply says "luxurious house" but that seems a bit flat...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +7 | manor house |
Amanda Grey
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| 3 +7 | mansion |
writeaway
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| 4 | Large luxurious house |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 | Townhouse |
emiledgar
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| 4 | gentleman's residence |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | Master's House |
olganet
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
maison de ma�tre
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manor house
Very "British"
Or country manor house
Or country manor house
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think this is possibly the best shot, although I agree with Dusty that it can suggest a degree of grandeur that is not always present in the French. I think "large luxurious house" is a good "paraphrase" (and the most accurate description for this term) but not quite satisfactory as term in itself."
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French term (edited):
maison de ma�tre
mansion
is one term.
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Thierry LOTTE
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Ian Burley (X)
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Michele Fauble
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Tony M
: Can work sometimes, but often looks laughable when you see the picture; the FR term is SO broad...
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many real estate listings can be a joke when you actually see the property.
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: this is certainly OK for Belgium....
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;-)
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Gayle Wallimann
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df49f (X)
: yes - more appropriate than manor house which is not really equivlanet to a maison de maître française
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French term (edited):
maison de ma�tre
Large luxurious house
Sounds just fine to me as it's not a "manoir" or a "chateau", terms which will mislead the reader of the guide book.
1 hr
French term (edited):
maison de ma�tre
Townhouse
In my family, we always translated maison de maitre by townhouse. However, in this case, the house is in a 2 hectare property, and
maison de maitre usually implies a well-to-do urban dwelling.
maison de maitre usually implies a well-to-do urban dwelling.
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French term (edited):
maison de maоtre
Master's House
it appears that at real estate and tourism related websites it is called "Master's House"
Classical Maison de Maitre (Master's House) with large central staircase and bedrooms coming off each side. 3 stories high. Some rooms have views over the village and the countryside
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/for_holiday_makers/accomm...
Large ***master house*** on a 2500-sqm garden, in a hamlet near Lourdes. 5 km from Tennis, pool, Horse-riding club, shops. rafting . 1,5 hour from Biarritz and beach.
Sur un grand jardin de 2500 m2, vaste ***maison de maître****, dans un hameau situé à quelques kilomètres de Lourdes. Piscine, tennis, commerces, équitation, parcourt de golf à 5 km. Centre de rafting et canoë tout proche. Pistes de ski à 1 h. Biarritz et les plages à 1 h 30 environ
http://www.villasdumonde.fr/liste_france/france/perigord_8-1...
The countryside is tale-telling also. Imagine a landscape of desert and bushes crossed by steep canyons and valleys where everything grows. Farms are all built according to the same scheme. First, you have ***the master's house*** - a huge and beautiful colonial style farm. It is freshly painted and it sits in the shade of century-old trees in the valley itself, just by the river. It occupies prime agricultural land but it doesn't matter, there is so much of it.
http://photobiker.com/continents/africa/iblog/Pierre-Journal
Classical Maison de Maitre (Master's House) with large central staircase and bedrooms coming off each side. 3 stories high. Some rooms have views over the village and the countryside
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/for_holiday_makers/accomm...
Large ***master house*** on a 2500-sqm garden, in a hamlet near Lourdes. 5 km from Tennis, pool, Horse-riding club, shops. rafting . 1,5 hour from Biarritz and beach.
Sur un grand jardin de 2500 m2, vaste ***maison de maître****, dans un hameau situé à quelques kilomètres de Lourdes. Piscine, tennis, commerces, équitation, parcourt de golf à 5 km. Centre de rafting et canoë tout proche. Pistes de ski à 1 h. Biarritz et les plages à 1 h 30 environ
http://www.villasdumonde.fr/liste_france/france/perigord_8-1...
The countryside is tale-telling also. Imagine a landscape of desert and bushes crossed by steep canyons and valleys where everything grows. Farms are all built according to the same scheme. First, you have ***the master's house*** - a huge and beautiful colonial style farm. It is freshly painted and it sits in the shade of century-old trees in the valley itself, just by the river. It occupies prime agricultural land but it doesn't matter, there is so much of it.
http://photobiker.com/continents/africa/iblog/Pierre-Journal
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French term (edited):
maison de ma�tre
gentleman's residence
You definitely need the date, since I think these days it might be misconstrued as being the home of single (gay?) gent, which I don't think was the meaning 150 or more years ago.
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