Masures (en. Hovels)

/mazyʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Habitable place in ruins or degradation.

The hovels in this neighborhood have become dangerous.

Les masures de ce quartier sont devenues dangereuses.

An old and dilapidated building.

He decided to buy hovels to renovate them.

Il a décidé d'acheter des masures pour les rénover.

A precarious dwelling often lacking comfort.

Many families live in hovels on the outskirts of the city.

De nombreuses familles vivent dans des masures à la périphérie de la ville.

From Old French 'masure', derived from Latin 'mansura', meaning 'house'.

to live in hovels

to live in precarious conditions

vivre dans des masures

to renovate a hovel

to restore a building in poor condition

rénover une masure

abandoned hovels

constructions left in a state of dilapidation

masures à l'abandon

ruin

State of advanced deterioration of a building.

ruine

dwelling

Place where one lives.

habitation

building

Construction having some structural importance.

bâtiment

The place where one clearly does not want to live.

This building is a real hovel; I would never set foot there.

Cet immeuble, c'est une vraie masure, je ne mettrais jamais les pieds là-bas.

A temporary and uncomfortable housing.

After the party, we slept in a hovel; it was a disaster.

Après la fête, on a dormi dans une masure, c'était un désastre.