"ménage à quatre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ménages à quatre [plural]
Etymology: From ménage à trois (“household whereby three people live as lovers; sexual act involving three people”), from French ménage à trois. The number trois (“three”) is replaced by quatre (“four”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|ménage à trois}} French ménage à trois Head templates: {{en-noun|ménages à quatre|head=ménage à quatre}} ménage à quatre (plural ménages à quatre)
  1. A household or relationship whereby four people live together as lovers.
    Sense id: en-ménage_à_quatre-en-noun-e2Kv00nB
  2. A sexual act involving four people; a foursome. Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-ménage_à_quatre-en-noun-3ftq3Aqe Disambiguation of Sex: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (both senses): ménage Coordinate_terms (both senses): ménage à trois, ménage à moi
Disambiguation of 'both senses': 51 49 Disambiguation of 'both senses': 51 49

Inflected forms

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