menage a trois
Three-person romantic arrangement
A ménage à trois is a sexual or romantic arrangement involving three people, typically a couple and a third partner.
The French phrase translates literally as "household of three." The term can describe a one-time encounter or an ongoing living situation: Their ménage à trois lasted several years before jealousy set in.
Group of three together
- triadGroup of three
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- throupleThree-partner romantic unit
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
affair · liaison · triangle · lovers · partners · unconventional · open relationship · cohabitation
Woman's private chamber
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- liaisonConnector between groups
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- risquéBordering on improper
provocative · Parisian · bohemian · libertine · soirée · coquette · dalliance · joie de vivre
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- envyResentful longing for another's
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
possessiveness · conflict · competition · rivalry · suspicion · heartache · imbalance · favoritism
Morally offensive or shocking
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
sensationalism · stigma · judgment · disapproval · reputation · shame · forbidden · transgressive
threesome
Group of three together
- triadGroup of three
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- throupleThree-partner romantic unit
arrangement · affair · liaison · triangle · lovers · partners · unconventional · open relationship · cohabitation · entanglement
boudoir
Woman's private chamber
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- liaisonConnector between groups
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
risqué · provocative · Parisian · bohemian · libertine · soirée · coquette · dalliance · joie de vivre · French literature
jealousy
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- envyResentful longing for another's
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
insecurity · possessiveness · conflict · competition · rivalry · suspicion · heartache · imbalance · favoritism · exclusion
scandalous
Morally offensive or shocking
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
gossip · sensationalism · stigma · judgment · disapproval · reputation · shame · forbidden · transgressive · secretive
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- threestrio, triad, triple, triplet, trinity
menage a troismonogamy
One partner at a time
couple · twosome · dyad · pair · one-on-one
menage a troismonogamous
Mated to one only
committed relationship · committed · faithful · fidelity · marital fidelity
menage a troistraditional marriage
Customary male-female union
vanilla · straight-laced · conservative values · nuclear family · puritanical
menage, trois, manage, manager, management, manageable, unmanageable, managerial, managing