ménage 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.
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Origin of ménage à trois
< French: household of three
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ménage à trois
noun plural ménages à trois (menaʒ a trwɑ)
Word Origin for ménage à trois
literally: household of three
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