menagerie
pronunciation
How to pronounce menagerie in British English:
UK [məˈnædʒəri]
How to pronounce menagerie in American English:
US [məˈnædʒəri, -ˈnæʒ-]
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- Noun:
- a collection of live animals for study or display
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Word Origin
- menagerie
- menagerie: see manor
- menagerie (n.)
- "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage (see menage).
Example
- 1. The children help out , which is crucial because our menagerie today includes 270 laying hens and 200 chickens .
- 2. Jerry and mary now live in the arizona desert , where they dote on their exotic menagerie of pets .
- 3. Lay more pieces to collect for the holy menagerie .
- 4. I didn 't have any toys except my paper menagerie .
- 5. Along with two sons a daughter-in-law a grandchild and her husband shareen has a menagerie of pets .