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ménage

or me·nage

[ mey-nahzh; French mey-nazh ]

noun

, plural mé·nages [mey-, nah, -zhiz, mey-, nazh].
  1. a domestic establishment; household.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a ménage à trois:

    erotic ménage fiction.

ménage

/ menaʒ; meɪˈnɑːʒ /

noun

  1. the persons of a household


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ménage1

First recorded on 1250–1300; Middle English, from French, ultimately from unattested Vulgar Latin mansiōnāticum; mansion, -age

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ménage1

C17: from French, from Vulgar Latin mansiōnāticum (unattested) household; see mansion

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Example Sentences

When a neighbor (Suzanne Clement) takes a shine to the family, a strange ménage-a-trois of sorts forms.

The incident allegedly took place on the night of July 14, when the military men arranged for a ménage à trois with the woman.

Obviously a ménage à trois can also happen between two men and a woman.

So, in “The Runaways,” Don engages in a half-hearted ménage-a-trois AND outsmarts his frenemies.

Brooks also has a passion for family life and he lives it out in a remarkable ménage.

She questioned Madame Vauchelet as to the probable cost of a femme de ménage.

The interior ménage of a Mexican hut is naturally primitive.

Irving had now given his brother Peter a place in his little ménage.

I looked with admiration upon this resourceful Celestial, and then felt mildly irritated at the completeness of the whole ménage.

The old names in France are given in the dictionary by Ménage.

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