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mansion
(mænʃən)
Word forms: plural mansions
1. countable noun
A mansion is a very large house.
...an eighteenth century mansion in Hampshire.
The colonial mansions and villas were reserved for the government.
Synonyms: residence, manor, hall, villa More Synonyms of mansion
2. noun, in names
Mansions is often used in the names of blocks of flats.
[British] ...Delaware Mansions, a block of 167 flats opposite the BBC Radio studios.
mansion in British English
(ˈmænʃən)
noun
1. Also called: mansion house
a large and imposing house
2. a less common word for manor house
3. archaic
any residence
4. British (plural)
a block of flats
5. astrology
any of 28 divisions of the zodiac each occupied on successive days by the moon
Word origin
C14: via Old French from Latin mansio a remaining, from mansus; see mansemansion in American English
(ˈmænʃən)
noun
1. Archaic
a manor house
2.
a large, imposing house; stately residence
3. Archaic
a.
a dwelling place
b.
; usually used in pl. a separate dwelling place or lodging in a large house or structure
4. [pl.]; British
an apartment house
5. Obsolete
a stay; sojourn
6. Astrology
a.
house (sense 12)
b.
any of the 28 parts of the moon's course occupied on successive days
Word origin
ME mansioun < OFr mansion < L mansio, a sojourn, dwelling < pp. of manere, to remain, dwell: see manorImage ofmansion
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British English: mansion /ˈmænʃən/ NOUN
A mansion is a very large, expensive house.
...an eighteenth-century mansion.
- American English: mansion
- Arabic: بَيْتٌ كَبِيرٌ فَخِمٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: mansão
- Chinese: 庄园
- Croatian: rezidencija
- Czech: sídlo velký dům
- Danish: palæ
- Dutch: herenhuis
- European Spanish: mansión
- Finnish: kartano
- French: manoir
- German: Herrenhaus
- Greek: έπαυλη
- Italian: villa
- Japanese: 大邸宅
- Korean: 대저택
- Norwegian: herskapshus
- Polish: rezydencja
- European Portuguese: mansão
- Romanian: conac
- Russian: особняк
- Latin American Spanish: mansión
- Swedish: herrgård
- Thai: บ้านหลังใหญ่
- Turkish: konak
- Ukrainian: маєток
- Vietnamese: lâu đài
Chinese translation of 'mansion'
mansion
(ˈmænʃən)
n (c)
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宅第
(zháidì) (座, zuò)
(noun)
Definition
a large and imposing house
an eighteenth-century mansion in Hampshire
Synonyms
residence
She's staying at her country residence.
manor
Thieves broke into the country manor at night.
hall
villa
dwelling (formal, literary)
Three thousand new dwellings are planned.
abode
I went round the streets and found his new abode.
habitation (formal)
Behind the habitations, the sandstone cliffs rose abruptly.
seat
her family's ancestral seat in Scotland
Synonyms of 'mansion'
mansion
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of manor
Definition
a large country house and its lands
Thieves broke into the country manor at night.
Synonyms
manor house,
seat,
hall,
mansionin the sense of seat
Definition
a country mansion
her family's ancestral seat in Scotland
Synonyms
mansion,
house,
residence,
abode,
ancestral hall