ménage

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mé·nage

M0213500 (mā-näzh′)n.1. People living together as a unit; a household.2. The management of a household.
[French, from Old French mesnage, alteration (influenced by maisnie, family) of manage, from maneir, to stay, from Latin manēre, to remain; see remain.]

ménage

(meɪˈnɑːʒ; French menaʒ) nthe persons of a household[C17: from French, from Vulgar Latin mansiōnāticum (unattested) household; see mansion]

mé•nage

or me•nage

(meɪˈnɑʒ)

n. 1. a domestic establishment; household. 2. housekeeping. [1690–1700; < French; Old French mesnage < Vulgar Latin *mansiōnāticum. See mansion, -age]

Ménage

 members of a household, 1297; members of a club or benefit society, 1829; staff or company of a theatre.Example: ménage of the opera, 1746.
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Noun1.menage - a social unit living togethermenage - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"family, household, home, housebroken home - a family in which the parents have separated or divorcedconjugal family, nuclear family - a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partnerextended family - a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relativesfoster family - the family of a fosterlingfoster home - a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)menage a trois - household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relationssocial unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

ménage

nounA group of usually related people living together as a unit:family, house, household.
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