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Meaning of "menagerie" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MENAGERIE

From French: household management, which formerly included care of domestic animals. See ménage.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MENAGERIE

menagerie  [mɪˈnædʒərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENAGERIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Menagerie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MENAGERIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Menagerie

A menagerie is a form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity that preceded the modern zoological garden. The term was first used in seventeenth century France in reference to the management of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to aristocratic or royal animal collections. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of luxury and curiosity." Later on, the term referred also to travelling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.

Definition of menagerie in the English dictionary

The definition of menagerie in the dictionary is a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition. Other definition of menagerie is the place where such animals are housed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENAGERIE


azury
ˈæʒərɪ
biosurgery
ˈbaɪəʊˌsɜːdʒərɪ
cryosurgery
ˌkraɪəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
drudgery
ˈdrʌdʒərɪ
electrosurgery
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
forgery
ˈfɔːdʒərɪ
gingery
ˈdʒɪndʒərɪ
injury
ˈɪndʒərɪ
lingerie
ˈlænʒərɪ
microsurgery
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
neurosurgery
ˌnjʊərəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
orangery
ˈɒrɪndʒərɪ
perjury
ˈpɜːdʒərɪ
plagiary
ˈpleɪdʒərɪ
psychosurgery
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ
reinjury
riːˈɪndʒərɪ
soldiery
ˈsəʊldʒərɪ
surgery
ˈsɜːdʒərɪ
treasury
ˈtrɛʒərɪ
usury
ˈjuːʒərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENAGERIE

men o´ war
men-at-arms
men-of-war
men´s room
menace
menacer
menacing
menacingly
menad
menadione
Menado
Menai Strait
menaissance
Menam
Menander
menaquinone
menarche
menarcheal
menarchial
menazon

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENAGERIE

aerie
batterie
bijouterie
brasserie
camaraderie
charcuterie
confiserie
confrerie
creperie
cudgerie
eerie
faerie
feerie
gendarmerie
papeterie
passementerie
patisserie
reverie
rotisserie
snuggerie

Synonyms and antonyms of menagerie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «menagerie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENAGERIE

Find out the translation of menagerie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of menagerie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «menagerie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

动物园
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colección de animales salvajes
570 millions of speakers

English

menagerie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिंजरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حديقة حيوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зверинец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zoológico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমষ্টি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ménagerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menagerie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Menagerie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動物園
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동물원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menagerie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thú trong chuồng của gánh hát xiệc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொகுப்பிலிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धमकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayvanat bahçesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serraglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

menażeria
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звіринець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

menajerie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θηριοτροφείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dieretuin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

menageri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

menasjeri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of menagerie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENAGERIE»

The term «menagerie» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.406 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENAGERIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «menagerie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «menagerie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about menagerie

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8 QUOTES WITH «MENAGERIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word menagerie.
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Dan Fogler
In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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Edward Hoagland
When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats.
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Karen Maitland
In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Misty May-Treanor
I'm an avid animal lover. When I was 16, I wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper. I grew up with animals. At one time we had between five and eight dogs in the house, with four cats. We're menagerie people.
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Anthony Minghella
The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!
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Jimmy Reid
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.
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Jacob Ruppert
When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and Ninety-second streets. I had a little menagerie of my own, some pigeons, guinea pigs, and so on. On Saturday mornings, I had to take my music lesson. Then the members of my team used to come see my menagerie.
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Tom Shales
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENAGERIE»

Discover the use of menagerie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to menagerie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Menagerie
Filled with unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, and other fairy tale creatures, the Menagerie is a highly guarded secret facility in the small town of Xanadu, Wyoming. At least, it was a secret—until six griffin cubs escaped.
Tui T. Sutherland, Kari H. Sutherland, 2013
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The Glass Menagerie
Dramatic script relating the interactions of Amanda, her son, and her daughter, Laura and the very important gentleman caller.
Tennessee Williams, 2011
3
Jamrach's Menagerie: A Novel
Jamrach’s Menagerie tells the story of a nineteenth-century street urchin named Jaffy Brown.
Carol Birch, 2011
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Menagerie
Menagerie Features Sharon Montrose’s richly evocative photographs of wild and domestic animals displayed in unusual ways.
Sharon Montrose, 2011
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Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie
Presents a collection of critical essays on the play that analyze its structure, characters, and themes.
Harold Bloom, 2007
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The Moral Menagerie: Philosophy and Animal Rights
The Moral Menagerie offers a broad philosophical analysis of the recent debate over animal rights.
Marc R. Fellenz, 2007
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The Novel and the Menagerie: Totality, Englishness, and Empire
"The first comprehensive account of the relation of collections of imperial beasts to narrative practices in England, The Novel and the Menagerie explores an array of imaginative responses to the empire as a dominant, shaping factor in ...
Kurt Koenigsberger, 2007
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Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie & A Streetcar Named ...
A guide to reading "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure.
George Ehrenhaft, Tennessee Williams, 1985
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An Imaginary Menagerie
From the anaconda in a Honda (don't ask him for a ride, you might end up inside), to the zonk (good for nothing and very rude), from the useful catapillow and the reliable teapet to he newt who plays the flute, and the wordfish - who's a ...
‎2011
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Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in ...
These paintings eventually found their way into the ducal collection in Schwerin, Germany. Among them is the magnificent portrait of Clara, an Indian rhinoceros who became a celebrity in mid-eighteenth-century Europe.
Mary Morton, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENAGERIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term menagerie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chris Young denies affair with Miranda Lambert after Blake Shelton …
Praise: Young had kind words for Miranda (pictured June 23) and her pet menagerie that accompanied them on tour, telling The Boot in 2012: ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Animal Law is a Growing Field Because of Conflict Between …
Her menagerie included cows, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, ducks, groundhogs, squirrels, baby birds that fell out of trees, and a goat she once ... «Westword, Jul 15»
3
Shibui Antique Gallery new to Railroad Square Art Park
Dave Mitchell is the former owner of Menagerie Antique shop in Crawfordville. Mitchell started Menagerie with books and gift items after his ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
4
Welsh Family Attacked by Sexual Poltergeist in The Gasp Menagerie
In a story that combines many elements of ghostly horror films, a Welsh couple claims to have been harassed by an invisible force in their home ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
5
Review: Hudson Village Theatre casts The Glass Menagerie in a …
Hudson Village Theatre's production of The Glass Menagerie excels in the long and breathtakingly delicate scene between Laura (Shayna ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
6
An eclectic menagerie
Grayson Moss watches as a 3-week-old rat explores his hand during a session on weird pets at the Granville County History Museum. «Henderson Daily Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Imaginary Menagerie rolls into Chippingt Norton
Roll up, roll up...and witness the extraordinary wonders of Les Enfants Terrible in their magical new stage show, the 'Marvellous Imaginary ... «Banbury Guardian, Jul 15»
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The Menagerie by Lupiesoft Now Available for Pre-Orders on …
While Vagabond will tell its own tale about common life in the desert city of Alabast, The Menagerie turns inward to take a close look at the ... «Anime News Network, Jul 15»
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FOODIE EMPIRE: Gender-bender murder mystery coming to The …
The Menagerie will host “Darling, You Slay Me” July 19 and 26 with a catered brunch. The Gourmet Detective and Dhat Island find new homes. «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Team of students producing 'Glass Menagerie' at Jupiter's Maltz
This summer, the students will produce “The Glass Menagerie,” a four-character play by Tennessee Williams. It's an autobiographical work and ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»

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