orgy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dʒi/
• 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

• orgiast
• orgiastic

Translations

sexual group activity

• Armenian: օրգիա (hy) (ōrgia)
• Bulgarian: оргия (bg) (orgija)
• Catalan: orgia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亂交派對／乱交派对, 乱交派对 (luànjiāo pàiduì)

• Czech: orgie f
• Danish: orgie n
• Dutch: orgie (nl)
• Esperanto: orgio
• Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl, ryhmäseksi (fi)
• French: orgie (fr) f, partouze (fr) f
• Galician: orxía f
• German: Orgie (de) f
• Greek: όργιο (el) n (órgio), παρτούζα (el) f (partoúza)
• Hungarian: orgia (hu)
• Icelandic: orgía f
• Italian: orgia (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 乱交パーティー (rankō-pātī), オージー (ōjī)
• Lithuanian: òrgija f
• Macedonian: оргија f (orgija)
• Norwegian: orgie m
• Polish: orgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: orgia (pt) f
• Romanian: orgie (ro) f
• Russian: о́ргия (ru) f (órgija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀ргија f

  Roman: òrgija (sh) f

• Slovak: orgie pl
• Slovene: órgija f
• Spanish: orgía (es) f
• Swedish: orgie (sv) c
• Turkish: alem (tr)

excessive activity

• Danish: orgie n
• Esperanto: orgio
• Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl, mässäily (fi)
• French: orgie (fr) f
• German: Orgie (de) f
• Greek: όργιο (el) n (órgio)
• Lithuanian: lėbavimas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: пир m (pir)
• Polish: orgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: orgia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀ргија f

  Roman: òrgija (sh) f

• Swedish: orgie (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} partouze (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ammucchiata (it) f

See also

• group sex

Anagrams

• Győr, gory, gyro, gyro-, ogry