ménagère
French, noun/me.na.ʒɛʁ/
ménagère is a French feminine noun meaning “canteen (of cutlery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of ménager: housewife. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui, dans un couple, s’occupe du ménage”.
What does ménagère mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of ménager: housewife
- 2
femininecanteen (of cutlery)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ménager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui, dans un couple, s’occupe du ménage. 2. Femme légitime ; épouse. 3. Bonne à tout faire s’occupant du ménage du colonial et qui fait souvent fonction de concubine. 4. Servante qui a soin du ménage de quelqu’un.
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 ménagère
- ménagères plural
- ménager masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ménagère?
- /me.na.ʒɛʁ/
- \me.na.ʒɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ménagère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ménagère in French?
ménagère appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).