menage
8
9.3
- noun
- /məˈnɑːʒ/
- They built a cozy menage where family and friends could gather for celebrations.
- menage a trois
Examples
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- Welcome to our menage.
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After years of living alone, she finally created a happy menage with her partner and their two children.
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Well, if you ever want to try a menage, you're welcome to join Richard and me.
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So first you've got a Singleton, then you've got relationships, whether it's two people or you've got a polyamorous situation or a menage, A trois, whatever.
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The small menage included five roommates, each contributing to the household chores.
Synonyms
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1.0
People who live together in one home, usually parents and their children
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1.0
The people who live together in one home, often a family
169
1.0
A group of people who live together in one home
23
1.8
A group of parents and their children who live together
How Large
24
5.0
8
9.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Menage comes from the French ménage, which meant the people and the care of a 'house' or 'home'. So a menage is the household, the people who live together.