ménage
noun
a domestic establishment; household.
ménages
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pluralof ménage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the Colette-Willys — bohemian, avant-garde and in and out of complex ménages — took Paris by storm.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
The system of double ménages, however, decreased as manners became more liberal, and opportunities for social intercourse between the sexes increased.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
This will cause some tribulation in the small ménages, where the cheap, popular, and handy gas-stove has replaced the coal or charcoal ovens and ranges.
From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard
Placed as they were, with such infinitely more possibilities of happiness than nine ménages out of ten—though leaving out unfortunately one, and that the most important part—love—it was terrible that they should quarrel.
From Bird of Paradise by Ada Leverson
As in the ostrich family, it is the male that has the entire care of the family from the moment the eggs are laid—a fairer division of labor than we see in most ménages.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
