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mansion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.t͡ʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmæn.ʃən/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
2. (UK) A luxurious flat (apartment).
3. (Hong-Kong, used in names) An apartment building.
4. (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
5. (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
   • According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah. 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
6. (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.
7. (Chinese) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
8. (in-plural) An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
   • In my Father's house are many mansions [translating μοναὶ (monaì)]: if it were not so, I would have told you. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John XIV:2:
   • These poets near our princes sleep, / And in one grave their mansion keep. 1667, John Denham, On Mr Abraham Cowley, his Death, and Burial amongst the Ancient Poets:
   • The many mansions in one east London house of God. 2003, The Economist, (subtitle), 18 Dec 2003
9. Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.

Forms

Deriveds

cinemansion · mansionlike · minimansion · lunar mansion · mansioneer · executive mansion · mansionization · megamansion · tract mansion · mansionless · mansioned · McMansion · mansionry · mansionette · mansional

Descendants

マンション · 맨션

Relateds

manor · menage · manse · mansion stage · mansion house · menial · mansion place · maison · maisonette

Translations (131)

fi kartano (large house or building) · he טִירָה (large house or building) · tk saraý (large house or building) · ota سرای (large house or building) · uk особня́к (large house or building) · es mansión (large house or building) · zdj djumɓa (large house or building) · es casoplón (large house or building) · it villa (large house or building) · ur حَویلی (large house or building) · pl dwór (large house or building) · th คฤหาสน์ (large house or building) · da herskabsvilla (large house or building) · ast casona (large house or building) · sq rezidencë (large house or building) · ta மாளிகை (large house or building) · izh moiso (large house or building) · ko 맨션 (large house or building) · vo kased (large house or building) · es palacete (large house or building) · cs panské sídlo (large house or building) · de Herrenhaus (large house or building) · lv liela savrupmāja (large house or building) · ro conac (large house or building) · tr mansiyon (large house or building) · fa-ira قَصْر (large house or building) · izh moisio (large house or building) · pl rezydencja (large house or building) · uz imorat (large house or building) · hi महल (large house or building) · shi brgmmi (large house or building) · fa-ira کوشْک (large house or building) · it dimora (large house or building) · gd taigh-mòr (large house or building) · ko 대저택 (large house or building) · ja 豪邸 (large house or building) · ga teach mór (large house or building) · tr konak (large house or building) · ru дворе́ц (large house or building) · tl himbabahay (large house or building) · de Anwesen (large house or building) · sh lȅtnikovac (large house or building) · hi हवेली (large house or building) · gl pazo (large house or building) · be асабня́к (large house or building) · sl dvorec (large house or building) · pt solar (large house or building) · pt palacete (large house or building) · ja マンション (large house or building) · it palazzo (large house or building) · az imarət (large house or building) · tr köşk (large house or building) · ur مَحَل (large house or building) · is höfðingjasetur (large house or building) · he אַרְמוֹן (large house or building) · pl włość (large house or building) · ug ئىمارەت (large house or building) · sh ле̏тниковац (large house or building) · tr saray (large house or building) · hy առանձնատուն (large house or building) · el αρχοντικό (large house or building) · ky сарай (large house or building) · mk па́лата (large house or building) · fr grande demeure (large house or building) · de Villa (large house or building) · tg қаср (large house or building) · tr malikâne (large house or building) · izh hovi (large house or building) · pt mansão (large house or building) · tl mansiyon (large house or building) · sw jumba (large house or building) · eo domego (large house or building) · he מָעוֹן (large house or building) · gl mansión (large house or building) · ro palat (large house or building) · nl landhuis (large house or building) · pt paço (large house or building) · az malikanə (large house or building) · ru хоро́мы (large house or building) · tk köşk (large house or building) · ar قَصْر (large house or building) · da herskabshus (large house or building) · tg кӯшк (large house or building) · sk panské sídlo (large house or building) · lt dvaras (large house or building) · ka სასახლე (large house or building) · cy plasty (large house or building) · ru особня́к (large house or building) · ru резиде́нция (large house or building) · ca casalici (large house or building) · uz koʻshk (large house or building) · ca mansió (large house or building) · ug كۆشىك (large house or building) · ja 大邸宅 (large house or building) · ms rumah agam (large house or building) · cmn 宅第 (large house or building) · sh ljȅtnikovac (large house or building) · et häärber (large house or building) · tg иморат (large house or building) · kk жекежай (large house or building) · it magione (large house or building) · kk сарай (large house or building) · fr manoir (large house or building) · it reggia (large house or building) · fa-ira سَرای (large house or building) · az qəsr (large house or building) · ug ساراي (large house or building) · ug قەسىر (large house or building) · ru поме́стье (large house or building) · id wastu (large house or building) · ko 저택 (large house or building) · cs honosné sídlo (large house or building) · cmn 豪宅 (large house or building) · ro curte (large house or building) · ml മാളിക (large house or building) · da palæ (large house or building) · sl graščina (large house or building) · fa-ira عِمارَت (large house or building) · tg сарой (large house or building) · sh ље̏тниковац (large house or building) · lt rūmai (large house or building) · ur قَصْر (large house or building) · az kaşanə (large house or building) · uz saroy (large house or building) · grc στέγος (large house or building) · vi dinh thự (large house or building) · uz qasr (large house or building) · izh kartano (large house or building) · bg резиде́нция (large house or building) · cmn 公館 /公馆 (large house or building) · fi linna (large house or building)