menage a trois

mé·nage à trois

[mey-nahzh ah trwah; French mey-nazh a trwah]
noun
a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.

Origin:
< French: household of three

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ménage à trois (menaʒ a trwɑ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl ménages à trois
a sexual arrangement involving a married couple and the lover of one of them
 
[literally: household of three]

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menage a trois
see menage.
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