Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ménage à trois

/ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: menage a trois
IPA: /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.

noun

A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome.

Example Sentences

"Old men frequently marry young girls, but then the portion is high and the ménage à trois common."
""We are certainly going to be happy—we three—in this innocent ménage à trois," she said. "I don't know what more you two men could ask for—or I, either—or the children or Eileen."
"[…]if she frowned—and there could be no doubt that she was frowning now—what lay before him, before them? A scamped and mean ménage à trois, existence eked out with the aid of Mrs. Knyvett’s scanty resources, and soured by her laments!"
"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)."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ménage à trois

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/
British English: /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/

Inflected Forms

ménages à trois (plural) menage a trois (alternative) ménage-à-trois (alternative) menage-a-trois (alternative)

Phrases

eternal triangle love triangle

Frequently Paired Words

eternal triangle love triangle throuple ménage à quatre ménage à moi

Synonyms

three-way

Rhymes With

come to papa ta ta oo-la-la n'est-ce pas che sara sara à bas 'za bogotá paraná éclat sansha amapá

Questions

How do you pronounce ménage à trois?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/.
What does ménage à trois mean?: A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers.
Where does ménage à trois come from?: It is traced to French.

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