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ménage-à-trois

ménage-à-trois is the alternative form of ménage à trois.

Meaning of ménage à trois

Noun

ménage à trois (plural ménages à trois)

  1. A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
    • Old men frequently marry young girls, but then the portion is high and the ménage à trois common.1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 105
  2. A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome.
    • David and Angela and I had a ménage à trois for about five minutes, but then I made her leave because David and I were gonna play.1996, Cyrinda Foxe, in McNeil & McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, page 134
    Synonyms:
    three-way

Forms of ménage-à-trois

pluralménages-à-trois

Questions about ménage-à-trois

What is ménage-à-trois the alternative form of?
Ménage-à-trois is the alternative form of ménage à trois.

Words near ménage-à-trois in the dictionary

  1. Mélièsian
  2. ménage
  3. ménage à moi
  4. ménage à quatre
  5. ménage à trois
  6. ménage-à-trois
  7. ménagerie
  8. ménageries
  9. ménages
  10. ménages à moi
  11. ménages à quatre

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