threesome

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiː.səm/
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• General-American: /ˈθɹi.səm/
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• rhymes with -iːsəm
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• CMU ARPABET: TH R IY1 S AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Germanic *þrīz Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ Old English þrī Middle English thre English three English -some English threesome From three + -some.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тро́йка (trójka) — a group of three people
• Bulgarian: три́о (trío) — a group of three people
• Chinese Mandarin: 三人一組 /三人一组 (sānrén yīzǔ) — a group of three people
• Chinese Mandarin: 三人組 /三人组 (sānrénzǔ) — a group of three people
• Danish: trio — a group of three people
• Dutch: trio — a group of three people
• Dutch: drietal — a group of three people
• Esperanto: triopo — a group of three people
• Finnish: kolmikko — a group of three people
• French: trio — a group of three people
• Georgian: სამეული (sameuli) — a group of three people
• Georgian: ტრიო (ṭrio) — a group of three people
• Hebrew: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (shlishiyá) — a group of three people
• Hungarian: hármas — a group of three people
• Italian: trio — a group of three people
• Japanese: 三人組 (sanningumi) — a group of three people
• Korean: 삼총사 (samchongsa) — a group of three people
• Korean: 삼인조 (saminjo) — a group of three people
• Latgalian: trejūs — a group of three people
• Latgalian: trejuos — a group of three people
• Latvian: trijatā — a group of three people
• Macedonian: тро́јка (trójka) — a group of three people
• Māori: tokotoru — a group of three people
• Polish: troje — a group of three people
• Polish: trójka — a group of three people
• Polish: trio — a group of three people
• Portuguese: trio — a group of three people
• Romanian: trio — a group of three people
• Russian: тро́е (tróje) — a group of three people
• Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — a group of three people
• Russian: три́о (trío) — a group of three people
• Northern Sami: golmmas — a group of three people
• Serbo-Croatian: trojka — a group of three people
• Slovene: trio — a group of three people
• Spanish: trío — a group of three people
• Swedish: trio — a group of three people
• Bulgarian: тро́йка (trójka) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Bulgarian: шведска тройка (švedska trojka) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Catalan: trio — a sexual activity involving three people
• Chinese Mandarin: 三人性交 (sānrén xìngjiāo) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Chinese Mandarin: 三P (sān-P) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Czech: švédská trojka — a sexual activity involving three people
• Danish: trekant — a sexual activity involving three people
• Dutch: trio — a sexual activity involving three people
• Dutch: triootje — a sexual activity involving three people
• Finnish: kolmen kimppa — a sexual activity involving three people
• Finnish: troilismi — a sexual activity involving three people
• French: ménage à trois — a sexual activity involving three people
• French: plan à trois — a sexual activity involving three people
• French: triolisme — a sexual activity involving three people
• Georgian: სექსი სამში (seksi samši) — a sexual activity involving three people
• German: Dreier — a sexual activity involving three people
• Hebrew: שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (shlishiyá) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Hungarian: (édes) hármas — a sexual activity involving three people
• Icelandic: trekantur — a sexual activity involving three people
• Italian: cosa a tre — a sexual activity involving three people
• Japanese: 3P (sanpī) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Korean: 스리섬 (seuriseom) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Macedonian: тро́јка (trójka) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Norwegian Bokmål: trekant — a sexual activity involving three people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trekant — a sexual activity involving three people
• Persian: سه نفری (se nafari) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Polish: trójkąt — a sexual activity involving three people
• Portuguese: ménage à trois — a sexual activity involving three people
• Portuguese: ménage — a sexual activity involving three people
• Portuguese: sexo a três — a sexual activity involving three people
• Russian: триоли́зм (triolízm) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Russian: секс втроём (sɛks vtrojóm) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Russian: тройничо́к (trojničók) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Serbo-Croatian: seks utroje — a sexual activity involving three people
• Slovene: trojček — a sexual activity involving three people
• Spanish: trío — a sexual activity involving three people
• Swedish: trekant — a sexual activity involving three people
• Ukrainian: трійник (trijnyk) — a sexual activity involving three people
• Yiddish: מנשה (menashe) — a sexual activity involving three people