menage

See also: Menage, ménage, and ménagé

English

Noun

menage (plural menages)

Alternative form of ménage

Anagrams

Meegan, manege, manège

Danish

Etymology

From French ménage (“household”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /menaːsjə/, [meˈnæːɕə]

Noun

menage c (singular definite menagen, plural indefinite menager)

Inflection

Declension of menage

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	menage	menagen	menager	menagerne
genitive	menages	menagens	menagers	menagernes

Synonyms

(menagerie): menageri

Middle English

Alternative forms

manage, maynage, mayngnage, meynage

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

A retinue or household.

References

“mē̆nāǧe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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