ménage

or me·nage

[ mey-nahzh; French mey-nazh ]
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noun,plural mé·nages [mey-nah-zhiz; French mey-nazh]. /meɪˈnɑ ʒɪz; French meɪˈnaʒ/.
  1. a domestic establishment; household.

adjective
  1. of or relating to a ménage à trois: erotic ménage fiction.

Origin of ménage

1
First recorded on 1250–1300; Middle English, from French, ultimately from unattested Vulgar Latin mansiōnāticum; see mansion, -age

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How to use ménage in a sentence

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

  • The interior ménage of a Mexican hut is naturally primitive.

    Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock
  • Irving had now given his brother Peter a place in his little ménage.

    Washington Irving | Henry W. Boynton
  • 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.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle

British Dictionary definitions for ménage

ménage

/ (meɪˈnɑːʒ, French menaʒ) /


noun
  1. the persons of a household

Origin of ménage

1
C17: from French, from Vulgar Latin mansiōnāticum (unattested) household; see mansion

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