[
MEH-naa-je] (n. m.) Let's face it: French people have gained a reputation as oversexed, kiss-happy Casanovas with multiple affairs in the oven. It's natural then that
ménage-à-trois is among the first French phrases Americans encounter. Right, we're talking kinky so let's use a French expression! Makes sense. In this sexed-up sense, the phrase means threesome. More chastly, it means household-of-three. It makes the distinction between a normal Christian house with a man and a woman and one with a third adult whose intention are impure.