Menagerie Definition

mə-năjə-rē, -năzh-
noun
A collection of wild or strange animals kept in cages or enclosures for exhibition.
Webster's New World
A place where such animals are kept.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Menagerie

Noun

Singular:
menagerie
Plural:
menageries

Origin of Menagerie

  • From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house"), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

    From Wiktionary

  • French ménagerie from Old French mesnage ménage ménage

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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