menagerie
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menagerie
- /məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ/
- /mɪˈnæʒəɹɪ/
- /məˈnæd͡ʒəɹi/ US
- /məˈnæʒəɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.
noun menageries · ménagerie
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A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
Similar: zoo
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The enclosure where they are kept.
In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
Similar: zoo, zoological garden
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A diverse or miscellaneous group.
[Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.
Similar: assortment, motley crew, hodgepodge, melange
- The orchestra of a theatre.
Translations
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noun collection of live wild animals on exhibition
| Español | colección de fieras |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 動物園 /动物园 dòngwùyuán |
| Português | menagerie, viveiro |
| Français | ménagerie |
| Deutsch | Menagerie |
| Italiano | serraglio, recinto |
| Ελληνικά | θηριοτροφείο thiriotrofeío |
| Română | menajerie |
| Русский | звери́нец zverínec |
noun enclosure
| Español | casa de fieras |
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noun diverse or miscellaneous group
| Русский | сброд sbrod |
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title = {menagerie},
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