ménage à trois
See also: menage a trois
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɛɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
ménage à trois (plural ménages à trois)
- A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
- 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann 2000, page 105:
- Old men frequently marry young girls, but then the portion is high and the ménage à trois common.
- 2001, Sheila Isenberg, A Hero of Our Own, page 134:
- For a while, he lived in a ménage à trois with the poet Paul Eluard and his wife, Gala Diakonova (who would later marry Salvador Dali).
- 2006, Gene Lees, Portrait of Johnny, page 56:
- I'm not a prude and I wasn't a prude then, but I couldn't see living in a ménage à trois unless the third member were a girl.
- 2012 April 13, Alex Donald, Blonde - Joyce Carol Oates
- Blonde creates a completely authentic reality for Monroe and also shines a light on little known relationships such as the menage a trois between Monroe, Charles Chaplin Junior and Eddy Robinson Junior.
- 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann 2000, page 105:
- A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome.
- 1996, Cyrinda Foxe, in McNeil & McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, page 134:
- 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.
- 1999 November 15, John Cloud, ‘Henry & Mary & Janet &...’, Time:
- No, the two guys don't go for each other; the triad tried a ménage à trois once but stopped because Chris thought it was icky.
- 1996, Cyrinda Foxe, in McNeil & McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, page 134:
Translations
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.na.ʒ‿a tʁwa/
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).
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