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.

Origin of ménage à trois

< French: household of three

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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

literally: household of three

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1891, see menage.

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