Dictionary

threesome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɹi.səm/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈθɹiː.səm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Germanic *þrīz Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ Old English þrī Middle English thre English three Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English threesome From three + -some.

Meanings

1. A group of three people or things.
2. An instance of sexual activity involving three people.
   • Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s. 1998 July 26, Jenny Bicks, “Three's a Crowd”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Samantha:
   • That’s a threesome joke about her fucking children! It was in the first season and they gave her another one! 2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Charter Schools”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 22, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
   • ‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted. 2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7:
   • Being polyamorous isn't inherently wrong. Neither is desiring threesomes or kinky sex. 2016 April 3, Zachary Zane, “Where Do "Messy Bisexuals" Fit Into the Bi+ Community?”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

threesomeness · devil's threesome

Relateds

foursome · moresome · twosome · fivesome

Synonyms

ménage à trois · triad · trinity · troika · ternion · trio · threesome · trine · three-way · triad · troilism · trio · trinity · ternary · troika · 3P · threeness · tern · triumvirate · triplet · leash · trinary · trine

Translations (75)

pl trio (a group of three people) · cmn 三人組 /三人组 (a group of three people) · de Dreier (a sexual activity involving three people) · nl trio (a group of three people) · ru секс втроём (a sexual activity involving three people) · mk тро́јка (a sexual activity involving three people) · pt trio (a group of three people) · pl trójkąt (a sexual activity involving three people) · fi kolmen kimppa (a sexual activity involving three people) · ru тро́йка (a group of three people) · ro trio (a group of three people) · ka ტრიო (a group of three people) · da trekant (a sexual activity involving three people) · sl trojček (a sexual activity involving three people) · ca trio (a sexual activity involving three people) · fr plan à trois (a sexual activity involving three people) · yi מנשה (a sexual activity involving three people) · it trio (a group of three people) · se golmmas (a group of three people) · pl troje (a group of three people) · sl trio (a group of three people) · mk тро́јка (a group of three people) · sv trekant (a sexual activity involving three people) · he שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (a sexual activity involving three people) · fa سه نفری (a sexual activity involving three people) · it cosa a tre (a sexual activity involving three people) · hu (édes) hármas (a sexual activity involving three people) · ru триоли́зм (a sexual activity involving three people) · ko 스리섬 (a sexual activity involving three people) · fi troilismi (a sexual activity involving three people) · fr triolisme (a sexual activity involving three people) · nl triootje (a sexual activity involving three people) · pt ménage (a sexual activity involving three people) · is trekantur (a sexual activity involving three people) · es trío (a group of three people) · bg тро́йка (a sexual activity involving three people) · lv trijatā (a group of three people) · ka სამეული (a group of three people) · es trío (a sexual activity involving three people) · sh trojka (a group of three people) · ka სექსი სამში (a sexual activity involving three people) · nn trekant (a sexual activity involving three people) · cmn 三人一組 /三人一组 (a group of three people) · uk трійник (a sexual activity involving three people) · cmn 三人性交 (a sexual activity involving three people) · ko 삼총사 (a group of three people) · nl trio (a sexual activity involving three people) · sh seks utroje (a sexual activity involving three people) · mi tokotoru (a group of three people) · sv trio (a group of three people) · pt ménage à trois (a sexual activity involving three people) · bg тро́йка (a group of three people) · bg три́о (a group of three people) · ko 삼인조 (a group of three people) · eo triopo (a group of three people) · he שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (a group of three people) · cs švédská trojka (a sexual activity involving three people) · pl trójka (a group of three people) · ru тро́е (a group of three people) · da trio (a group of three people) · cmn 三P (a sexual activity involving three people) · nl drietal (a group of three people) · ru тройничо́к (a sexual activity involving three people) · fi kolmikko (a group of three people) · ru три́о (a group of three people) · ja 三人組 (a group of three people) · ja 3P (sanpī) (a sexual activity involving three people) · pt sexo a três (a sexual activity involving three people) · ltg trejūs (a group of three people) · bg шведска тройка (a sexual activity involving three people) · ltg trejuos (a group of three people) · no trekant (a sexual activity involving three people) · fr ménage à trois (a sexual activity involving three people) · hu hármas (a group of three people) · fr trio (a group of three people)