foursome

English

Etymology

four +‎ -some

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Rhymes: awesome (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

foursome (plural foursomes)

A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
A sex act between four people.

Synonyms

(group of four): quaternion, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet
(sex act): fourgie

Derived terms

Translations

group of four

Dutch: kwartet (nl) n, viertal (nl) n
Finnish: nelikko (fi)
French: quatuor (fr) m, quadrille (fr) m
German: Vierer (de) m, only golf: Foursome (de) m or n
Hungarian: négyes (hu)
Polish: czworo (pl), czwórka (pl) f
Portuguese: quarteto (pt) m
Russian: че́тверо (ru) (čétvero), четвёрка (ru) f (četvjórka)
Spanish: cuarteto (es) m

sex act between four people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 四P (sì-P)
Danish: firkant (da) c
Polish: czworokąt (pl) m (slang)
Swedish: fyrkant (sv) c

See also

threesome

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