orgía

See also: orgia and órgia

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrciːja/

Noun

orgía f (genitive singular orgíu, nominative plural orgíur)

1. orgy

Spanish

Alternative forms

• órgia

Etymology

Borrowed from French orgie, which explains the accentuation on -í-, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia). According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested circa 1830, aside from an odd occurrence in Juan Boscán Almogáver (16th c.). The variant órgia is attested in writers aware of the accentuation in Latin and Greek, but the form borrowed via French has prevailed in common usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈxia/ [oɾˈxi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: or‧gí‧a

Noun

orgía f (plural orgías)

1. orgy

Related terms

• orgiástico

 

Further reading

• “orgía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “energía”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 611