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ménages à trois

ménages à trois is the plural 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

Questions about ménages à trois

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

Words near ménages à trois in the dictionary

  1. ménagerie
  2. ménageries
  3. ménages
  4. ménages à moi
  5. ménages à quatre
  6. ménages à trois
  7. ménages-à-trois
  8. Ménerville
  9. Ménière's disease
  10. Ménière's syndrome
  11. Méricourt-l'Abbé

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