menagerie
See also: ménagerie
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.
Pronunciation
Noun
menagerie (plural menageries)
- A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; 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.
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
Translations
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept
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diverse or miscellaneous group
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Portuguese
Noun
menagerie f (plural menageries)
- menagerie (collection of live wild animals on exhibition)