ménagerie
French, noun/me.naʒ.ʁi/
ménagerie is spelled M-É-N-A-G-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ménagerie is a French feminine noun meaning “menagerie (a collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit où sont réunis, en vue de l’étude de la zoologie, les principales espèces d’animaux”.
What does ménagerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemenagerie (a collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit où sont réunis, en vue de l’étude de la zoologie, les principales espèces d’animaux. 2. Collection ambulante d’animaux généralement sauvages que l’on mène de ville en ville, de foire en foire. 3. Collection de jouets d’enfants qui reproduisent en réduction les principales espèces d’animaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ménagerie
- ménageries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ménagerie?
- /me.naʒ.ʁi/
- \me.naʒ.ʁi\
- [me.naʒ.ʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ménagerie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ménagerie in French?
ménagerie appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).