orgy

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔː.dʒi/, SAMPA: /"O:.dZi/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒi

Noun

orgy (plural orgies)

1. A revel involving indiscriminate group sexual activity.
2. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

Derived terms

• orgiastic

Translations

group activity

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Czech: orgie (cs) f. Danish: orgie (da) n. Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl. French: orgie (fr) f. German: Orgie (de) f. Greek: όργιο (el) (órgio) n., παρτούζα (el) (partoúza) f. Hungarian: orgia (hu) Icelandic: orgía (is) f. Italian: orgia (it) f. Lithuanian: òrgija (lt) f.

Macedonian: оргија (mk) (órgija) f. Norwegian: orgie (no) m. Polish: orgia (pl) f. Portuguese: orgia (pt) f. Russian: оргия (ru) (órgija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀ргија (sh) f. Roman: òrgija (sh) f. Slovene: órgija (sl) f. Swedish: orgie (sv) c. Turkish: alem (tr)

excessive activity

Danish: orgie (da) n. Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl., mässäily (fi) German: Orgie (de) f. Greek: όργιο (el) (órgio) n. Lithuanian: lėbavimas (lt) m. Macedonian: пир (mk) (pir) m.

Polish: orgia (pl) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀ргија (sh) f. Roman: òrgija (sh) f. Swedish: orgie (sv) c.

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Translations to be checked

French: partouze f. Italian: ammucchiata f.

Portuguese: orgia Spanish: orgía

Anagrams

• gory
• gyro
• ogry