Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
household for three;
an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
m'enage a trois \m['e]`nage [`a]` trois"\ (m[asl]`n[.a]zh" [.a]
trw[.a]), n. [F., household for three]
1. A relationship involving three people, especially one in
which three people live together and have sexual
relations, such as a married couple and a lover of one of
the pair.
[PJC]
2. A single sexual encounter in which three people
participate.
[PJC]
3. [figurative] An unlikely situation in which a group of
three people not normally associated with each other
participate in an activity together.
[PJC]
For the first time in World Championships history,
two racers shared the first-place gold medal. Maier
and Kjus arm-in-arm on the podium, with Austrian
Hans Knauss just .01 seconds back from making it a
menage-a-trois.
--Andrew Hood,
in
(http://classic.mountainzone.com/ski/worldcup/99/worldchamps/superg-m.html)
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
menage a trois
n 1: household for three; an arrangement where a married couple
and a lover of one of them live together while sharing
sexual relations