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ménage à trois

[mey-nahzh ah trwah; French mey-nazh a trwah]
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noun

a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.

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Origin of ménage à trois

< French: household of three
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British Dictionary definitions for menage a trois

ménage à trois

noun plural ménages à trois (menaʒ a trwɑ)

a sexual arrangement involving a married couple and the lover of one of them

Word Origin for ménage à trois

literally: household of three
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Word Origin and History for menage a trois

menage a trois

n.

1891, see menage.

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