ménage

noun
/mɛˈnɑːʒ/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word.

  1. borrowed from ménage

Definitions

  1. A household

    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."
    • It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum. I had never tried the mixture but it seemed to go pretty well with the Geiger ménage.
  2. A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or…

    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

    A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA