ménage à deuxn.

Brit.

/ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/,

/ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/,

/məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/, U.S.

/meɪˈnɑʒ ə ˈdə/,

/məˈnɑʒ ə ˈdə/

Forms: 1900s– menage a deux, 1900s– ménage à deux.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ménage à deux.

Etymology: < French ménage à deux (see ménage à trois n.).

A relationship or domestic arrangement involving two people living together. Cf. ménage à trois n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > together

companyingc1443

cohabitationc1450

cohabitancy1862

ménage à deux1902

flat-sharing1960

1902 Nebraska State Jrnl. 15 Jan. 3/5 King Victor Emmmanual always tries to conciliate his duties as a sovereign with his lively desire to enjoy the ‘menage a deux’ with Queen Helen.

1929 D. H. Lawrence Lovely Lady (1932) 106 The scheme of a ménage à deux with her mother had not succeeded.

1931 Polit. Sci. Q. 46 23 If the political parties attempt, outside of Parliament, to determine the fate of ministries the ménage à deux becomes a ménage à trois.

2000 Film Comment May–June 63 Aging predator Bernard Giraudeau takes in male teenage object of desire Zidi Malik, but the ménage à deux becomes trois and then quatre. Two former female friends arrive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ménage à deux
释义	ménage à deuxn. Brit. /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/, /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/, /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈdəː/, U.S. /meɪˈnɑʒ ə ˈdə/, /məˈnɑʒ ə ˈdə/ Forms: 1900s– menage a deux, 1900s– ménage à deux. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ménage à deux. Etymology: < French ménage à deux (see ménage à trois n.). A relationship or domestic arrangement involving two people living together. Cf. ménage à trois n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > together companyingc1443 cohabitationc1450 cohabitancy1862 ménage à deux1902 flat-sharing1960 1902 Nebraska State Jrnl. 15 Jan. 3/5 King Victor Emmmanual always tries to conciliate his duties as a sovereign with his lively desire to enjoy the ‘menage a deux’ with Queen Helen. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Lovely Lady (1932) 106 The scheme of a ménage à deux with her mother had not succeeded. 1931 Polit. Sci. Q. 46 23 If the political parties attempt, outside of Parliament, to determine the fate of ministries the ménage à deux becomes a ménage à trois. 2000 Film Comment May–June 63 Aging predator Bernard Giraudeau takes in male teenage object of desire Zidi Malik, but the ménage à deux becomes trois and then quatre. Two former female friends arrive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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