household menage
1menage — (n.) 1690s, management of a household, domestic establishment, from Fr. ménage, from O.Fr. manage household, family dwelling (12c.), from V.L. *mansionaticum household, that which pertains to a house, from L. mansionem dwelling (see MANSION (Cf.… …
2ménage — or menage [mā näzh′, mənäzh′] n. [Fr ménage & ME menage, both < OFr manage < manoir (see MANOR), infl. in form and sense by maisniee, family < VL * mansionata < L mansio: see MANSION] 1. a household; domestic establishment 2. the… …
3ménage àtrois — ménage à trois (ä trwäʹ) n. A relationship in which three people, such as a married couple and a lover, live together and have sexual relations. [French : ménage, household + à, for + trois, three.] * * * …
4household — [adj] domestic domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial, industrial household [n] domestic establishment family, family unit, folks, home, house, ménage; concepts 296,516 …
5ménage — a somewhat literary word meaning ‘the members of a household’, is printed in roman type with the accent retained. The pronunciation is semi naturalized, with the final consonant retaining its French form, so may nahzh …
6ménage à trois — ► NOUN ▪ an arrangement in which a married couple and the lover of one of them live together. ORIGIN French, household of three …
7ménage à trois — [mā nȧzh ȧ trwä′] n. [Fr, household of three] 1. an arrangement by which a married couple and the lover of one of them live together 2. any ongoing sexual relationship involving three people, esp. when they live together …
8Ménage à trois — Not to be confused with Love triangle or Threesome. For the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, see Ménage à Troi. For the single by Alcazar, see Ménage à Trois (song). For the album by Baby Bash, see Menage a Trois (album). Postcard, c …
9Ménage problem — A table with ten place settings. According to the solution to the ménage problem, there are 3120 different ways in which five couples can choose seats at this table in such a way that men and women alternate and do not sit next to their partners …
10menage — noun a social unit living together he moved his family to Virginia It was a good Christian household I waited until the whole house was asleep the teacher asked how many people made up his home • Syn: ↑family, ↑household, ↑house, ↑ …
