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The French term ‘mitoyen‘ or ‘mitoyenne‘ means common or adjoining. In terms of a wall it means a common wall. (Source: Larousse)
So a ‘maison mitoyenne‘ in France is a house that has a common wall with another home situated beside it. Sometimes in English we call this type of home a semi-detached home or attached home.
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The French real estate term maison jumellee appears to have it origins in the concept of the twins since the word for female twins in French is les jumelles. So you could say ‘maison jumelee’ is a twin house, in fact, it means the French house is attached on one side to another home.
In Ireland a ‘maison jumelee’ would be called a semi-detached house, in Canada it could be called a Duplex.
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