MENAGERIE


Meaning of MENAGERIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈnaj-rē, -ˈna-jə- also ]

-ˈnazh-rē, -ˈna-zhə- noun

Etymology: French ménagerie, from Middle French, management of a household or farm, from menage

Date: 1676

1.

a. : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition

b. : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition

2. : a varied mixture

a wonderful menagerie of royal hangers-on — V. S. Pritchett

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.