Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mansionette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-sionette
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large and somewhat luxurious house.

American usage

noun

A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a communal hallway).

British usage

Example Sentences

"In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale."
"Trading in their battered RV and Louisiana swamplands for a sumptuous pink mansionette with swimming pool, the Malloys pull off their ruse with skill and also childish naïveté."
"gone to London to work and had left her mansionette flat empty. The mansionettes stood on high ground overlooking the docks."

Etymology

From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mansion

Usage

American usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

mansionettes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

maisonette mansion

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does mansionette mean?: A large and somewhat luxurious house.
Where does mansionette come from?: From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.

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