menagerie

me·nag·er·ie

 (mə-năj′ə-rē, -năzh′-)

n.

1.

a. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition.

b. The place where such animals are kept.

2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.

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[French ménagerie, from Old French mesnage, ménage; see ménage.]

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menagerie

(mɪˈnædʒərɪ)

n

1. (Zoology) a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition

2. (Zoology) the place where such animals are housed

[C18: from French: household management, which formerly included care of domestic animals. See ménage]

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me•nag•er•ie

(məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ-)

n.

1. a collection of wild or unusual animals, esp. for exhibition.

2. a place where they are kept or exhibited.

3. an unusual and varied group of people.

[1705–15; < French: literally, housekeeping. See ménage, -ery]

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Menagerie

 a collection of wild or foreign animals; an aviary, 1712.

Examples: menageries of live peers in Parliament, 1850; of pheasants, 1830.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	menagerie - a collection of live animals for study or display aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	2.	menagerie - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition zoo, zoological garden facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

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Translations

مَجْموعَة حيوانات نادِرَه

zvěřinec

menageri

Menagerie

ménagerie

állatsereglet

dÿragarîur

serraglio

žvėrynas

zvērnīca

menasjeri

зверинец

zverinec

hayvanat bahçesivahşi hayvanlar koleksiyonu

动物园

menagerie

[mɪˈnædʒərɪ] N → casa f or colección f de fieras

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

menagerie

[məˈnædʒəri] n → ménagerie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

menagerie

n → Menagerie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

menagerie

[mɪˈnædʒərɪ] n → serraglio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

menagerie

(miˈnӕdʒəri) noun

(a place for keeping) a collection of wild animals. dieretuin مَجْموعَة حيوانات نادِرَه менажерия zoológico zvěřinec die Menagerie menageri θηριοτροφείοcasa de fieras loomaaed نمایشگاه جانوران villieläinkokoelma ménagerieביבר जानवरों का समूह zvjerinjak állatsereglet pengumpulan binatang dÿragarður serraglio 見せ物動物園 (특히 구경거리인) 야수(동물)들 žvėrynas zvērnīca kumpulan binatang kurungan menageriemenasjeri menażeria د ژوو راغونډځاى zoo me­najerie зверинец zverinec zverinjak menažerija menageri สวนสัตว์ป่า vahşi hayvanlar koleksiyonu; hayvanat bahçesi 一群野生動物，動物園 звіринець چڑیاگھر bầy thú của gánh xiếc 动物园

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