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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Related Words for menage a trois

affair, love, relationship, dalliance, fling, adultery, tryst, liaison, passion, flirtation, involvement, courtship, infidelity, devotion, trio, troika, triumvirate, triad, trinity, triplicity

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

1891, see menage.