ménage
People sharing home
A ménage is a household—the people living together under one roof and their domestic arrangements.
The word is French and retains its accent in English.
It appears most often in ménage à trois, a domestic or sexual arrangement involving three people: Their unconventional ménage à trois scandalized the neighbors.
Domestic cleaning and upkeep
- domesticityLife centered around home
- homemakingManaging domestic life
- choresRoutine household tasks
- upkeepOngoing preservation effort
maintenance · cleaning · tidying · laundry · housework · cooking · mealprep · errands
Group of three together
- triadGroup of three
- love triangleThree-person romantic entanglement
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
liaison · arrangement · unconventional · romantic · scandalous · French · risqué · taboo
housekeeping
Domestic cleaning and upkeep
- domesticityLife centered around home
- homemakingManaging domestic life
- choresRoutine household tasks
upkeep · maintenance · cleaning · tidying · laundry · housework · cooking · mealprep · errands · budgeting
threesome
Group of three together
- triadGroup of three
- love triangleThree-person romantic entanglement
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
affair · liaison · arrangement · unconventional · romantic · scandalous · French · risqué · taboo · lovers
roommate
One sharing living quarters
partner · lodger · boarder · tenant · occupant · cohabitant · arrangement · sharing · communal · coliving
kinship
State of being related
extended · patriarch · matriarch · offspring · siblings · dependents · children · spouse · in-laws · multigenerational
ménagesolitude
State of being alone
living alone · single occupancy · hermit · recluse · isolation
ménagedisorder
Absence of organization
chaos · disarray · dysfunction · homelessness · mismanagement
- ménage à troisThree-person romantic arrangement