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ménages

ménages is the plural of ménage.

Meaning of ménage

Noun

ménage (plural ménages)

  1. (collective) A household; a domestic situation.
    • "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."1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 167
  2. (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.
  3. A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.

Phrases with ménages

Questions about ménages

What is ménages the plural of?
Ménages is the plural of ménage.

Words near ménages in the dictionary

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

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