"ménage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛˈnɑːʒ/ [UK], /meɪˈnɑːʒ/ [UK] Forms: ménages [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːʒ Etymology: Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ménage}} French ménage, {{cog|enm|menage}} Middle English menage Head templates: {{en-noun}} ménage (plural ménages)
  1. A household; a domestic situation.
    Sense id: en-ménage-en-noun-en:household_or_domestic_situation
  2. (now Scotland) A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-ménage-en-noun-en:ROSCA_in_Scotland Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 68 18
  3. A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.
    Sense id: en-ménage-en-noun-en:group_for_sex_or_group_sex
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: menage, menâge [obsolete]

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