ménage
noun
mé·nage mā-ˈnäzh 
mə-
: a domestic establishment : household
also : housekeeping
Synonyms
- extended family
- home
- house
- household
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Example Sentences
getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while
Recent Examples on the Web His lies violated my right to determine my own bodily and emotional limits, the right to say no to his menage. 
Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018 By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone. Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018 By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone. Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French mesnage dwelling, from Vulgar Latin *mansionaticum, from Latin mansion-, mansio mansion
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
ménages
noun
as in houses
those who live as a family in one house getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- houses
- households
- extended families
- folks
- homes
- clans
- broods
- kinfolks
- kindreds
- blood
- communities
- kiths
- kins
- nuclear families
- kinsfolk
- have (only) oneself to blame
- have (someone or something) (all) to oneself
- have (someone or something) in mind
- have (someone or something) to thank for (something)
- have (someone) back
- have (someone) in the palm of one's hand
- have (someone) on a string
- have (someone) taped
- have (something) (all) to oneself
- have (something) back
- have (something) going for one
- have (something) to spare
- have (something) written all over it
- have (the) time
- have (to)
- have a (good) laugh about (something)
- have a ball
- have a bash
- have a bee in one's bonnet
- have a bellyful of
- have a big heart
- have a big mouth
- have a blitz on
- have a bun in the oven
- have a butcher's