"foursome" meaning in All languages combined

See foursome on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foursome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foursomes [plural]
Etymology: four + -some Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|four|some}} four + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} foursome (plural foursomes)
  1. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two. Categories (topical): Four Synonyms (group of four): quaternion Translations (group of four): kwartet [neuter] (Dutch), viertal [neuter] (Dutch), nelikko (Finnish), quatuor [masculine] (French), quadrille [masculine] (French), Vierer [masculine] (German), Foursome [masculine, neuter] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (German), négyes (Hungarian), czworo (Polish), czwórka [feminine] (Polish), quarteto [masculine] (Portuguese), че́тверо (čétvero) (Russian), четвёрка (četvjórka) [feminine] (Russian), cuarteto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foursome-en-noun-lkw4qqen Disambiguation of Four: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'group of four': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'group of four': 89 11
  2. A sex act between four people. Categories (topical): Four, Sex Synonyms (sex act): fourgie Translations (sex act between four people): 四P (sì-P) (Chinese Mandarin), firkant [common-gender] (Danish), czworokąt [masculine, slang] (Polish), fyrkant [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foursome-en-noun-gS~~nVnL Disambiguation of Four: 52 48 Disambiguation of Sex: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'sex act': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'sex act between four people': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tetrad, quartet Derived forms: foursome reel, mixed foursome Related terms: threesome

Inflected forms

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