à trois

[ a trwah ]

adjective

, French.

1. for, among, or composed of three persons collectively (usually used following the word it modifies):

   a secret shared à trois.

Example Sentences

The story continues at a motel, where Zendaya, playing a tennis prodigy, begins a ménage à trois with two guys; it fizzles after they become more interested in each other.

From New York Times

While it might seem like the relationship between Fox News and the former president is definitionally codependent—an inescapable chokehold of paranoid delusion that brings out the worst in each party—I would submit that it is actually more of a ménage à trois.

From Slate

In one of the disputes that led to Crosby leaving the Byrds, the band recorded his taboo-testing song about a ménage a trois — “Why can’t we go on as three?” it asked — but refused to include it on “The Notorious Byrd Brothers,” an album that marked the Byrds’ turn toward country-rock.

From New York Times

So Férida went to Hollywood in 1940, and on her way met a married couple she began a ménage à trois with.

From New York Times

Matthews’ next hometown guest was progressive sax master Skerik, the ubiquitous Seattle hornsman with a million projects, including the jazzy, funk-rocking trio Garage a Trois, who reliably slayed a Nectar Lounge gig a few weeks ago.

From Seattle Times