Polyglot Dictionary

maison d'édition

/mɛ.zɔ̃ de.di.sjɔ̃/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les maisons d'édition

Meaning

  1. publishing house

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

éditeur

Worth distinguishing: a maison d'édition (publishing house) is the company; an éditeur can be the person or the company.

Similar in other languages

German

Verlag

Verlag is the German word for the same thing — both mean "publishing house."

German

Verlagshaus

Verlagshaus is the German word for the same thing — both mean "publishing house."

Practice

1 What does maison d'édition mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cette maison d'___ publie surtout des romans policiers.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches maison d'édition?

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