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masculine

/me.naʒ/

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Translation

housework, cleaning; household

Word origin

From Old French mesnage ('dwelling, household'), from Vulgar Latin mansionaticum, itself from Latin mansio ('dwelling, staying place'). English took the word twice, as 'menagerie' and in the borrowed phrase 'ménage à trois'.

Origin: Latin
Root: mansio
English cognates: mansion, menagerie, manor

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralménages

Examples

tous .

I do the housework every Saturday morning.

C' .

It is your turn to clean the kitchen.

A cleaner comes twice a week.

l' pèse .

The price of electricity weighs on household budgets.

They are a young couple with no dramas.

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This word is part of lesson 40.