What does the French term maison jumellee mean in a real estate ad?

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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