• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning:ménage 'household, housekeeping, cleanup (of house)'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English menage 13th c. 'the management of a household, housekeeping' 'the members of a household, a man's household' OED
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Menage End of 17thc., 18th c. 1.'economical housekeeping', 2.'household, cruet stand', 3.'housekeeping' (dial.), 4.'catering for steelworkers'(dial.), 5.'catering for troops' (dial.), 6.'food, meal' (dial., milit.), 7.'dining area, to dine'(dial.) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 130
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ménage 16th c. 1.'housekeeping', 2.'economical housekeeping'(dial.) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 130
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch menaj After 1850 'household' '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 130
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

Annotations edit

- OED: The Oxford English Dictionary: Second Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989

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