ménage à trois

== English == === Alternative forms === menage a trois, ménage-à-trois, menage-a-trois === Etymology === Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒeɪ ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː === Noun === ménage à trois (plural ménages à trois) A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers. (sex) A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome. Synonym: three-way Hyponyms: devil's threesome, devil's triangle, devil's threeway 1996, Cyrinda Foxe, in McNeil & McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, page 134: 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. ==== Hypernyms ==== (both senses): ménage ==== Coordinate terms ==== (both senses): ménage à quatre, ménage à moi ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French ménage à trois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meːnaːʒ(ə)aːˈtrʋɑ/ === Noun === ménage à trois f (plural ménages à trois, no diminutive) ménage à trois Synonym: driehoeksrelatie == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /me.na.ʒ‿a tʁwa/ === Noun === ménage à trois m (plural ménages à trois) ménage à trois Near-synonyms: triangle amoureux, trouple ménage à trois; a household of three a trio ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== triolisme plan à trois == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”). === Noun === ménage à trois f or m (plural ménages à trois) (sex) ménage à trois; threesome (a sexual activity involving three people) Synonym: ménage