: a domestic establishment : household
also
: housekeeping
Examples of ménage in a Sentence
getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while
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His lies violated my right to determine my own bodily and emotional limits, the right to say no to his menage.
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Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018
By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone.
—Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
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—Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
Fiat is worried about Chrysler’s outstanding debts and is reportedly considering a menage-a-car with Peugeot or Renault.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2009
From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois.
—Colin Covert, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017
From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois.
—Colin Covert, star-telegram.com, 29 June 2017
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Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018
By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone.
—Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
YESTERDAY’S WORD — ENDGAME edema edge emend enema name need dame damn dean deem demean game geed gene aged amen amend made mane manege mange mead mean menage mend
To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com.
—Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
Fiat is worried about Chrysler’s outstanding debts and is reportedly considering a menage-a-car with Peugeot or Renault.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2009
From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois.
—Colin Covert, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017
From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois.
—Colin Covert, star-telegram.com, 29 June 2017
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“Ménage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m%C3%A9nage. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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ménage
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mé·nage
mā-ˈnäzh 
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