ménage à trois
noun
mé·nage à trois
mā-ˈnäzh-ä-ˈt(r)wä 
mə-
1
: an arrangement in which three people (such as a married couple and a lover of one member of the couple) have a sexual or romantic relationship especially while they are living together
2
: a sexual encounter involving three people : threesome
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Brian and Matt are involved in a menage a trois with a personal trainer named (wait for it) Steve.
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Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Fergus makes like an expert wingman and hooks Ian and Brighid up but first Fergus discloses that his first time was a menage a trois.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2017
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Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
Fergus makes like an expert wingman and hooks Ian and Brighid up but first Fergus discloses that his first time was a menage a trois.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2017
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“Ménage à trois.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m%C3%A9nage%20%C3%A0%20trois. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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