menage

See also: Menage, ménage, and ménagé

English

Noun

menage (plural menages)

  1. Alternative form of ménage.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French ménage (“household”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menaːsjə/, [meˈnæːɕə]

Noun

menage c (singular definite menagen, plural indefinite menager)

  1. menage
  2. mess
  3. menagerie

Inflection

Declension of menage
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative menage menagen menager menagerne
genitive menages menagens menagers menagernes

Synonyms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinage, menage; equivalent to Old French manoir +‎ -age. Compare modern English ménage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæi̯ˈnaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /mɛˈnaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /mɛːˈnaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

menage

  1. A retinue or household.

References

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