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   Mé·nage

   /māˈnäZH/

   

   noun

   • 1. the members of a household: "crisis had recently unsettled the Clelland ménage"
   • ▪ the management of a household: "they were forced to conduct their ménage on a humbler scale than heretofore"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French menage, from mainer ‘to stay’, influenced by Old French mesnie ‘household’, both ultimately based on Latin manere ‘remain’.

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   What does ménage mean?

   • ménage… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! MÉNAGE definition: 1. a group of people living together in the same house 2. a group of people living together in the…. Learn more.

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   Where did the word 'Mesnage' come from?

   • Inherited from Middle French mesnage, from Old French manage, mainage, from manoir, maneir, maindre, from Latin manēre. The Old French forms maisnage, mesnage were influenced by the word maisnée, maisnede, from Vulgar Latin *mā (n)siōnāta ( French maisonnée ), from Latin mānsiō (which also became French maison ).

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   What does a ménage smell like?

   • ménage (plural ménages) "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." It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum.

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   Ménage is a French word that means a domestic establishment or household. It can also refer to housekeeping or an extended family. See synonyms, examples, and word history of ménage.

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   Ménage is a French word that means a domestic establishment or household. It can also be an adjective for a ménage à trois, a sexual relationship involving three people. Learn more about its origin, synonyms and usage with examples.

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   Ménage is a French word that means a group of people living together in the same house. Learn how to say it, see examples and translations in different languages.

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   Ménage is a French word that means people living together as a unit or the management of a household. Find out the origin, synonyms, and translations of ménage in different languages, such as Spanish, from various dictionaries and sources.

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   6 days ago · Menage and ménage are singular nouns meaning a group of people living together in one house. Learn the word origin, usage, and examples of these terms from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Feb 2, 2024 · Noun [ edit] ménage m or f (plural ménages) domestic life. household (everyone who lives in a given house) Clipping of ménage à trois. Categories: English terms borrowed from French. English terms derived from French. English 2-syllable words.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the French word ménage, which means all the people who live together in one house. See example sentences, synonyms and related words.