ménage
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ménage
- /mɛˈnɑːʒ/ UK
- /meɪˈnɑːʒ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑːʒ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word.
noun ménages · menage · menâge
- A household; a domestic situation. "Oh," cried her ladyship, "I see the whole ménage; they will take a first floor over a baker's shop, to save fire, and live upon red herrings during the week, with a mutton chop by way of meat on a Sunday."
- A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments.
- A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.
Talk about this word "ménage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/m%C3%A9nage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ménage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/m%C3%A9nage "ménage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/m%C3%A9nage.Cite this
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title = {ménage},
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