"ménage à trois" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [UK], /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [UK], /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [UK], /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [US], /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [US], /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [US], /məˌnɑːʒeɪ ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ [US] Forms: ménages à trois [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ménage à trois|lit=household of three}} French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”) Head templates: {{en-noun|ménages à trois|nolinkhead=1}} ménage à trois (plural ménages à trois)
  1. A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
    Sense id: en-ménage_à_trois-en-noun-0-qCKmDg
  2. (sex) A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome. Categories (topical): Sex, Polyamory, Three Synonyms: three-way Translations (Translations): ménage à trois [masculine] (Dutch), kolmen kimppa (Finnish), ménage à trois [masculine] (French), Ménage-à-trois [feminine] (German), (édes) hármas (Hungarian), sesso a tre [masculine] (Italian), ménage à trois [neuter] (Polish), ménage à trois [masculine] (Portuguese), sexo a três [masculine] (Portuguese), шве́дская семья́ (švédskaja semʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), trío [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ménage_à_trois-en-noun-rmHZCvc- Disambiguation of Polyamory: 19 81 Disambiguation of Three: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality Disambiguation of 'Translations': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: menage a trois, ménage-à-trois, menage-a-trois Hypernyms (both senses): ménage Related terms: eternal triangle, love triangle, throuple Coordinate_terms (both senses): ménage à quatre, ménage à moi
Disambiguation of 'both senses': 52 48 Disambiguation of 'both senses': 52 48

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