Languages › French French Words Describing the Home ('la Maison') Share Flipboard Email Print Hero Images/Getty Images French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Updated May 23, 2019 The home is the center of French family life, so words identifying the house, furniture, and areas of the home are a part of everyday language for French people. It's important, then, to learn some of the most common words for furniture, house, and home in French. Where provided, click the links to hear how the word is pronounced in French. Ma Maison Starting with maison (house), as well as chez moi (my home), several words describe a house in French, from searching for a home to buying your abode and perhaps renovating it. la maison > housechez moi > at my house, my home, at homerénover, remettre à neuf > renovate, refurbishconstruire, bâtir une maison > build a houseun architecte > architectun agent immobilier > a real estate agent, house agentacheter une maison > to buy a houseune perquisition domiciliaire > a house search Inside la Maison Once you're inside a French home, many French words describe its interior, from la cuisine (the kitcchen) to le bureau (the office). à l'intérieur > insidearchitecte d'intérieur > interior designerdécorateur d'intérieur > home decoratorla pièce, la salle > roomla cuisine > kitchenla salle à manger > dining roomle bureau > office, studyla salle de séjour, le salon > den, living roomla chambre, la chambre à coucher > bedroomla salle de bain > bathroom (does not include a toilet)la salle d'eau > shower roomles toilettes, les cabinets / le W-C (pronounced "vay say") > toilet / water closet (British)la salle de jeu > playroomune domestique, une femme de chambre > housemaidle sous-sol > basementle grenier > atticla porte > doorle couloir > hallun escalier > stairway Furniture, Appliances, Equipment, and Home Furnishings A number of words can discribe les meubles (the furniture) you might use to make your house a home. les meubles > furnitureun meuble > a piece of furniturele living > living room mobilier design > designer furnituredes meubles en kit > self-assembly furnitureun bureau > deskune imprimante > printerun ordinateur > computerordinateur portable, PC (pronounced "pay say") portable > laptop computerune étagère > bookshelf, shelving unitune chaîne stéréo > stereoune affiche > posterune peinture > a paintingun canapé > couchune chaise > chairun rideau > curtainune télévision, un télé, un TV (pronounced "tay vay") > televisionune armoire, un placard > closetun lit > bedun oreiller > pillowune commode > dresserun réveil > alarm clockun bain, une baignoire > bathtubune douche > showerun lavabo > bathroom sinkune toilette > toiletune cuisinière > stoveun four > ovenun four à micro-ondes > microwaveun réfrigérateur > refrigeratorun évie > kitchen sinkune fenêtre > windowune lampe > lampune moquette > carpetun tapis > rugun miroir, une glace > mirrorun mur > wallle parquet, le sol > floorle plafond > ceilingune porte > doorune table > tableun téléphone > telephone Outside a Maison Once you're comfortable with your home's interior, you might proceed à l'extérieur (outside), where you can use many words to describe the home in French. à l'extérieur > outsideune garage > garagela remise à calèches > carriage house/coach housela maison d'invités > guest housele porche, la véranda > porch, verandale balcon > balconyle patio > patioun auvent > an awningune clôture > a fencele pergola > a pergola (area covered with wooden timbers and climbing plants)le jardin > yard, gardenun potager > a vegetable gardenun jardin de fleurs > a flower gardenun parterre > a flower bedune jardinière > a flower boxune fontaine > a fountainbain d'oiseau > a birdbathjardinier > gardenerune allée > a drivewayune piscine en plein air / découverte > an outdoor swimming pool le barbecue, le gril > an outdoor grill