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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?

   • Menage wrote a book upon the amenities of the civil law, which does anything but fulfil its promise. But it's only when a menage becomes socially impossible that a sensible man will interfere. Ménage definition: a domestic establishment; household.. See examples of MÉNAGE used in a sentence.

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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 ). ménage m (plural ménages)

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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, etymology and related words.

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   Ménage definition: a domestic establishment; household.. See examples of MÉNAGE used in a sentence.

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   Ménage is a French word that means a group of people living together in the same house. Learn how to use it in different contexts, such as ménage à trois, and see translations in other languages.

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   Alternative forms

   1. menage 2. menâge (obsolete)

   Etymology

   Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word.

   Pronunciation

   1. (UK) IPA(key): /mɛˈnɑːʒ/, /meɪˈnɑːʒ/ 2. Rhymes: -ɑːʒ

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   Etymology

   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).

   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /me.naʒ/ 2. Rhymes: -aʒ

   Noun

   ménage m (plural ménages) 1. housework, housekeeping 2. household 2.1. les ménages les moins aisés 2.1.1. the least well-off households

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   Etymology

   Unadapted borrowing from French ménage.

   Noun

   ménage m or f (plural ménages) 1. domesticlife 2. household (everyone who lives in a given house) 3. Clipping of ménage à trois.

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

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   Ménage is a French word that means people living together as a unit or a household. It can also refer to the management of a household or a group of related people. See synonyms, translations and usage examples of ménage.

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