orgia

See also: orgía and órgia

English

Noun

orgia

1. plural of orgion

Estonian

Noun

orgia (genitive orgia, partitive orgiat)

1. orgy

Declension

Declension of orgia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		orgia	orgiad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	orgia
genitive			orgiate
partitive		orgiat	orgiaid
illative		orgiasse	orgiatesse orgiaisse
inessive		orgias	orgiates orgiais
elative		orgiast	orgiatest orgiaist
allative		orgiale	orgiatele orgiaile
adessive		orgial	orgiatel orgiail
ablative		orgialt	orgiatelt orgiailt
translative		orgiaks	orgiateks orgiaiks
terminative		orgiani	orgiateni
essive		orgiana	orgiatena
abessive		orgiata	orgiateta
comitative		orgiaga	orgiatega

References

• orgia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Galician

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of orxía

Further reading

• “orgia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
• Hyphenation: òr‧gia

Noun

orgia f (plural orge or orgie)

1. (sex) orgy

Derived terms

• orgiaco
• orgiasta
• orgiastico

Anagrams

• Agrio, Argio, Goria, agirò, rogai

Latin

Alternative forms

• orgium (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Noun

orgia n pl (genitive orgiōrum); second declension

1. a nocturnal festival in honor of Bacchus, accompanied by wild bacchanalian cries; the feast or orgies of Bacchus
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.259–260:

     […] , pars obscūra cavīs celebrābant orgia cistīs,
     orgia quae frūstrā cupiunt audīre profānī.

     Some of them celebrated an obscure festival [of Bacchus] with hollow baskets, a festival that the profane in vain want to attend.

2. (in general) any secret frantic revels, orgies

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	orgia
genitive	orgiōrum
dative	orgiīs
accusative	orgia
ablative	orgiīs
vocative	orgia

Descendants

• Catalan: orgia
• English: orgy
• French: orgie
  • → Spanish: orgía
• Italian: orgia
• Portuguese: orgia
• Romanian: orgie, urgie
• Spanish: órgia

References

• “orgia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "orgia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “orgia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “orgia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “orgia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Orgie, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ɡja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɡja
• Syllabification: or‧gia

Noun

orgia f

1. (historical) orgy (secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses)
2. orgy (sexual group activity)
3. variety, diversity

Declension

Declension of orgia

	singular	plural
nominative	orgia	orgie
genitive	orgii	orgii/orgij (archaic)
dative	orgii	orgiom
accusative	orgię	orgie
instrumental	orgią	orgiami
locative	orgii	orgiach
vocative	orgio	orgie

Derived terms

adjective

• orgiastyczny

Related terms

nouns

• orgiastyczność
• orgiazm
• orgietka

Further reading

• “orgia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “orgia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orgia or French orgie, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [oɦˈʒi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [oɦˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: or‧gi‧a

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

1. orgy

Further reading

• “orgia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “orgia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

orgia f (plural orgias)

1. obsolete spelling of orgía

Further reading

• “orgia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025