ménage à trois

ménage à trois englanniksi

1. menage a trois

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

2. {{quote-book|en|year=1856|author=Richard F. Burton|title=First Footsteps in East Africa|publisher=Könemann|year_published=2000|page=105

3. (RQ:Chambers Younger Set)

4. (quote-book)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!

5. {{quote-text|en|year=2001|author=Sheila Isenberg|title=A Hero of Our Own|page=134

6. {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=Gene Lees|title=Portrait of Johnny|page=56

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

(syn)

(hypo)

8. 1996, (w), 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.

9. (quote-journal)

10. (C) ménage à trois

(nearsyn)

11. ménage à trois; a household of three

12. a trio

13. (C) (m); threesome (gloss)