mansion

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmæn.ʃən/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like mention /ɛ/ vs /æ/

noun Freq #5330

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noun
A very large, grand, and expensive house.

The film star lives in a huge mansion with its own swimming pool.

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1 noun · a very large, grand, and... residence

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Forms mansions

Derived forms cinemansionmansionalmansionedmansionettemansionizationmansionlessmansionlikemansionrymcmansionmegamansionminimansion

Related forms maisonmaisonette manormansemenage menial

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.

mansioun Middle English mansion xno mānsiō Latin

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# mansion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈmæn.ʃən
**Frequency rank:** 5330

## Meanings
1. A very large, grand, and expensive house.

## Examples
- The film star lives in a huge mansion with its own swimming pool.

## Derived Forms
- cinemansion
- mansional
- mansioned
- mansionette
- mansionization
- mansionless
- mansionlike
- mansionry
- mcmansion
- megamansion
- minimansion

## Related Forms
- maison
- maisonette
- manor
- manse
- menage
- menial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mansioun
- Root: mansion
- Root: mānsiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Mansion is 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. In present-day English it covers a very large, grand, and expensive house. The historical chain runs through mansioun (Middle English), mansion (Anglo-Norman), and mānsiō (Latin). Related and derived forms include maison, maisonette, manor, and cinemansion.

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