masure
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mansūra, from Late Latin mānsūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.zyʁ/
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Noun
masure f (plural masures)
- dilapidated house, hovel
- (Cauchois dialect, now rare) farmhouse, rural estate
- 1882 January 5, Guy de Maupassant, “Un Réveillon”, in Gil Blas:
- Ils habitaient un lamentable masure, à l’entrée du hameau sur la droite.
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- (Cauchois dialect) orchard
Related terms
Further reading
- “masure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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