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)

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

Derived terms

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 (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

Japanese: 乱交パーティー (rankō-pātī), オージー (ōjī)
Lithuanian: òrgija f
Macedonian: оргија f (órgija)
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

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

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} partouze (fr) f

Italian: ^{(please verify)} ammucchiata (it) f

Anagrams

Győr, gory, gyro, gyro-, ogry

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