'm'enage a trois' definitions:

Definition of 'm'enage a trois'

From: GCIDE

m'enage a trois \m['e]`nage [`a]` trois"\ (m[asl]`n[.a]zh" [.a] trw[.a]), n. [F., household for three]
1. A relationship involving three people, especially one in which three people live together and have sexual relations, such as a married couple and a lover of one of the pair. [PJC]
2. A single sexual encounter in which three people participate. [PJC]
3. [figurative] An unlikely situation in which a group of three people not normally associated with each other participate in an activity together. [PJC]
For the first time in World Championships history, two racers shared the first-place gold medal. Maier and Kjus arm-in-arm on the podium, with Austrian Hans Knauss just .01 seconds back from making it a menage-a-trois. --Andrew Hood, in
(http://classic.mountainzone.com/ski/worldcup/99/worldchamps/superg-m.html) [PJC]