ménage à trois
UK/ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː//ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/
ménage à trois noun: a household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
Noun
ménage à trois (plural ménages à trois)
- 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
- "We are certainly going to be happy—we three—in this innocent ménage à trois," she said. "I don't know what more you two men could ask for—or I, either—or the children or Eileen.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter 1, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- 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
- No, the two guys don't go for each other; the triad tried a ménage à trois once but stopped because Chris thought it was icky.1999 November 15, John Cloud, “Henry & Mary & Janet &…”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- three-way
ménage à trois meaning in Marathi
ménage à trois in Marathi
- Translations
- मेनाझ आ त्र्वा menājh ā trvā
Examples of ménage à trois in a sentence
- A scamped and mean ménage à trois, existence eked out with the aid of Mrs.1920, Anthony Hope, Lucinda:
- For a while, he lived in a ménage à trois with the poet Paul Eluard and his wife, Gala Diakonova (who would later marry Salvador Dali).2001, Sheila Isenberg, A Hero of Our Own, page 134:
- I'm not a prude and I wasn't a prude then, but I couldn't see living in a ménage à trois unless the third member were a girl.2006, Gene Lees, Portrait of Johnny, page 56:
Synonyms of ménage à trois
Forms of ménage à trois
| plural | ménages à trois |
|---|---|
| alternative form | menage a trois |
| alternative form | ménage-à-trois |
| alternative form | menage-a-trois |
Origin of ménage à trois
Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).
Words that rhyme with ménage à trois
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- Moskva
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- Amapá
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- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
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- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about ménage à trois
- What does ménage à trois mean?
- Ménage à trois means a household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
- What is ménage à trois in Marathi?
- Ménage à trois in Marathi is मेनाझ आ त्र्वा (menājh ā trvā). See Ménage à trois meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use ménage à trois in a sentence?
- A scamped and mean ménage à trois, existence eked out with the aid of Mrs.
- What part of speech is ménage à trois?
- Ménage à trois is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ménage à trois?
- Ménage à trois is pronounced /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ménage à trois?
- The plural of ménage à trois is ménages à trois.
Words near ménage à trois in the dictionary
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