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Antonyms for ménages


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mey-nahzh; French mey-nazh
Phonetic Transcription : meɪˈnɑʒ; French meɪˈnaʒ



Definition of ménages

Origin :
  • 1690s, "management of a household, domestic establishment," from French ménage, from Old French manage "household, family dwelling" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *mansionaticum "household, that which pertains to a house," from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion). Now generally used in suggestive borrowed phrase ménage à trois (1891), literally "household of three." Borrowed earlier as mayngnage, maynage and in the sense "members of a household, a man's household" (c.1300); but this was obsolete by c.1500.
  • As in extended family : noun parents, children, and relatives
  • As in menage : noun family
  • As in family : noun kin, offspring; classification
  • As in folk : noun person's relations, acquaintances
  • As in house : noun family, ancestry
  • As in household : noun domestic establishment

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