Ménage

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mɛˈnɑːʒ/, /meɪˈnɑːʒ/

Alternative forms

• menage

Origin

Borrowing from fr {{2}}

Full definition of ménage

Noun

1. A household; a domestic situation. from 14th c.
• 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 39:It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum. I had never tried the mixture but it seemed to go pretty well with the Geiger ménage.
2. (now Scotland) A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments. from 19th c.
3. A group of people living together in a sexual relationship. from 20th c.----