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orgy

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 R JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: originally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A gathering of people to engage in group sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fuckfest

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An instance or period of excessive indulgence in a specified activity; spree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: revel, revelry

5

noun

Meaning 5

secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rite, religious rite

6

noun

Meaning 6

any act of immoderate indulgence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an orgy of shopping
  • an emotional binge
  • a splurge of spending

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: binge, splurge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring

History

Etymology

Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: orgio — gathering involving riotous and dissolute behavior
  • Spanish: orgía — gathering involving riotous and dissolute behavior
  • Armenian: օրգիա (ōrgia) — sexual group activity
  • Belarusian: о́ргія (órhija) — sexual group activity
  • Bulgarian: о́ргия (órgija) — sexual group activity
  • Catalan: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亂交派對 /乱交派对 (luànjiāo pàiduì) — sexual group activity
  • Czech: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Danish: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Dutch: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Esperanto: orgio — sexual group activity
  • Finnish: orgiat — sexual group activity
  • Finnish: ryhmäseksi — sexual group activity
  • French: orgie — sexual group activity
  • French: partouze — sexual group activity
  • Galician: orxía — sexual group activity
  • German: Orgie — sexual group activity
  • Greek: όργιο (órgio) — sexual group activity
  • Greek: παρτούζα (partoúza) — sexual group activity
  • Hebrew: אוֹרְגִיָה (órgiya) — sexual group activity
  • Hungarian: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Icelandic: orgía — sexual group activity
  • Italian: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Japanese: 乱交パーティー (rankō pātī) — sexual group activity
  • Japanese: オージー (ōjī) — sexual group activity
  • Japanese: 乱交 (rankō) — sexual group activity
  • Korean: 난교 (nan'gyo) — sexual group activity
  • Korean: 란교 (ran'gyo) — sexual group activity
  • Korean: 주신제 (jusinje) — sexual group activity
  • Latin: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Latvian: orģija — sexual group activity
  • Lithuanian: òrgija — sexual group activity
  • Macedonian: оргија (orgija) — sexual group activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Polish: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Portuguese: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Romanian: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Russian: о́ргия (órgija) — sexual group activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀ргија — sexual group activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: òrgija — sexual group activity
  • Slovak: orgia — sexual group activity
  • Slovene: órgija — sexual group activity
  • Spanish: orgía — sexual group activity
  • Spanish: borrasca — sexual group activity
  • Swedish: orgie — sexual group activity
  • Turkish: alem — sexual group activity
  • Turkish: seks partisi — sexual group activity
  • Ukrainian: о́ргія (órhija) — sexual group activity
  • Danish: orgie — excessive activity
  • Esperanto: orgio — excessive activity
  • Finnish: orgiat — excessive activity
  • Finnish: mässäily — excessive activity
  • French: orgie — excessive activity
  • German: Orgie — excessive activity
  • Greek: όργιο (órgio) — excessive activity
  • Lithuanian: lėbavimas — excessive activity
  • Macedonian: пир (pir) — excessive activity
  • Polish: orgia — excessive activity
  • Portuguese: orgia — excessive activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀ргија — excessive activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: òrgija — excessive activity
  • Spanish: orgía — excessive activity
  • Swedish: orgie — excessive activity