ménage
A household; a domestic situationA household; a domestic situation.
Meaning
3 senses(collective)A household; a domestic situation.
(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.
A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.
Origin
Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an eBorrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word.
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