menage

mé·nage  (m-näzh)

n.

1. People living together as a unit; a household.

2. The management of a household.

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[French, from Old French mesnage, alteration (influenced by maisnie, family) of maneir, to stay, from Latin manre, to remain; see remain.]

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menage [may-nahzh]

Noun

a household [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

menage - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" family, household, home, house broken home - a family in which the parents have separated or divorced conjugal family, nuclear family - a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner extended family - a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives foster family - the family of a fosterling foster home - a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) menage a trois - household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"