menagerie
English
editEtymology
editFrom French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmenagerie (plural menageries)
- A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- The enclosure where they are kept.
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides:
- In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
- (obsolete, slang) The orchestra of a theatre.
Translations
editcollection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept
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Portuguese
editNoun
editmenagerie f (plural menageries)
- menagerie (collection of live wild animals on exhibition)
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