mansion

CEFRC1

/ˈmæn.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very large and expensive house.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A luxurious flat (apartment).

Examples

  • The cat burglar must have entered the mansion from the roof.

  • There are no fewer than a dozen bedrooms in this mansion.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmæn.t͡ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An apartment building.

  2. A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

  3. A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.

More examples

In context

  • The many mansions in one east London house of God.

  • In my Father's house are many mansions [translating μοναὶ (monaì)]: if it were not so, I would have told you.

  • These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansion keep.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”). By surface analysis, manse + -ion.