"threesome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɹiːsəm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-threesome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: threesomes [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -iːsəm Etymology: From three + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|three|some}} three + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} threesome (plural threesomes)
  1. A group of three people or things. Categories (topical): Collectives, Three Synonyms: triad, trine, trinity, trio, troika, triumvirate, trio Translations (a group of three people): тро́йка (trójka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), три́о (trío) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 三人一組 (Chinese Mandarin), 三人一组 (sānrén yīzǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), trio [common-gender] (Danish), trio [neuter] (Dutch), drietal [neuter] (Dutch), triopo (Esperanto), kolmikko (Finnish), trio [masculine] (French), სამეული (sameuli) (Georgian), ტრიო (ṭrio) (Georgian), שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (shlishiyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), hármas (Hungarian), trio [masculine] (Italian), 三人組 (sanningumi) (alt: さんにんぐみ) (Japanese), 삼총사 (samchongsa) (alt: 三銃士) (Korean), 삼인조 (saminjo) (alt: 三人組) (Korean), trejūs [masculine] (Latgalian), trejuos [feminine] (Latgalian), trijatā (Latvian), тро́јка (trójka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tokotoru (Maori), troje (Polish), trójka [feminine] (Polish), trio [neuter] (Polish), trio [masculine] (Portuguese), trio [neuter] (Romanian), тро́е (tróje) (Russian), тро́йка (trójka) [feminine] (Russian), три́о (trío) [neuter] (Russian), trojka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trio [masculine] (Slovene), trío [masculine] (Spanish), trio (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-threesome-en-noun-S0CxOjJb Disambiguation of Collectives: 65 35 Disambiguation of Three: 54 46 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: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'a group of three people': 75 25
  2. An instance of sexual activity involving three people. Categories (topical): Sex, Three Synonyms: ménage à trois, three-way, troilism Translations (a sexual activity involving three people): тро́йка (trójka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trio [masculine] (Catalan), 三人性交 (sānrén xìngjiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 三P (sān-P) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), švédská trojka [feminine] (Czech), trekant [common-gender] (Danish), trio [neuter] (Dutch), triootje [neuter] (Dutch), kolmen kimppa (Finnish), troilismi (Finnish), ménage à trois [masculine] (French), plan à trois [masculine] (French), triolisme [masculine] (French), სექსი სამში (seksi samši) (Georgian), Dreier [masculine] (German), שְׁלִישִׁיָּה (shlishiyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), (édes) hármas (Hungarian), trekantur (Icelandic), 3P (sanpī) (Japanese), 스리섬 (seuriseom) (Korean), тро́јка (trójka) [feminine] (Macedonian), trekant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trekant [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سه نفری (se nafari) (Persian), trójkąt [masculine] (Polish), ménage à trois [masculine] (Portuguese), ménage [masculine] (Portuguese), sexo a três [masculine] (Portuguese), триоли́зм (triolízm) [masculine] (Russian), секс втроём (sɛks vtrojóm) [masculine] (Russian), тройничо́к (trojničók) [masculine] (Russian), seks utroje [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trojček [masculine] (Slovene), trío [masculine] (Spanish), trekant [common-gender] (Swedish), трійник (trijnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-threesome-en-noun-tYZla-j6 Disambiguation of Sex: 12 88 Disambiguation of Three: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'a sexual activity involving three people': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devil's threesome Related terms: twosome, foursome, fivesome, moresome

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          "sense": "a group of three people",
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          "word": "trío"
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          "_dis1": "75 25",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 July 26, Jenny Bicks, “Three's a Crowd”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Samantha",
          "text": "Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7",
          "text": "‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.",
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          "three"
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          "word": "ménage à trois"
        },
        {
          "word": "three-way"
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        {
          "word": "troilism"
        }
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trójka",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тро́йка"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "trio"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sānrén xìngjiāo",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "三人性交"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sān-P",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "švédská trojka"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "kolmen kimppa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "troilismi"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ménage à trois"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plan à trois"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "triolisme"
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "seksi samši",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "სექსი სამში"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Dreier"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shlishiyá",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שְׁלִישִׁיָּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "(édes) hármas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "trekantur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "3P (sanpī)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seuriseom",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "스리섬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trójka",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тро́јка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trekant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trekant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "se nafari",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "word": "سه نفری"
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "секс втроём"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trojničók",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тройничо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "trío"
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "trekant"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
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          "roman": "trijnyk",
          "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈθɹiːsəm/",
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        "UK"
      ]
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -some",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for gender in Swedish entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/iːsəm/2 syllables",
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      "word": "devil's threesome"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "word": "twosome"
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    {
      "word": "foursome"
    },
    {
      "word": "fivesome"
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    {
      "word": "moresome"
    }
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          "three"
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          "thing"
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          "word": "triad"
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        {
          "word": "trine"
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        {
          "word": "trinity"
        },
        {
          "word": "trio"
        },
        {
          "word": "troika"
        },
        {
          "word": "triumvirate"
        },
        {
          "word": "trio"
        }
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1998 July 26, Jenny Bicks, “Three's a Crowd”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Samantha",
          "text": "Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7",
          "text": "‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.",
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          "three"
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          "word": "ménage à trois"
        },
        {
          "word": "three-way"
        },
        {
          "word": "troilism"
        }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trójka",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́йка"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trío",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "三人一組"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānrén yīzǔ",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "三人一组"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "triopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "kolmikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sameuli",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "სამეული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭrio",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "ტრიო"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shlishiyá",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שְׁלִישִׁיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "hármas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんにんぐみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanningumi",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "三人組"
    },
    {
      "alt": "三銃士",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samchongsa",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "삼총사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "三人組",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saminjo",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "삼인조"
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    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trejūs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trejuos"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "trijatā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trójka",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́јка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "tokotoru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "troje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trójka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tróje",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "тро́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trójka",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trío",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "три́о"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trojka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trío"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a group of three people",
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trójka",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānrén xìngjiāo",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "三人性交"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sān-P",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "三P"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "švédská trojka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trekant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "triootje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "kolmen kimppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "troilismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménage à trois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plan à trois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triolisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "seksi samši",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "სექსი სამში"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dreier"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shlishiyá",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שְׁלִישִׁיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "(édes) hármas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "trekantur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "3P (sanpī)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seuriseom",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "스리섬"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trójka",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тро́јка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trekant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trekant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "se nafari",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "word": "سه نفری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trójkąt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménage à trois"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménage"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sexo a três"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "triolízm",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "триоли́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sɛks vtrojóm",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "секс втроём"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trojničók",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тройничо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seks utroje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trojček"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trío"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trekant"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trijnyk",
      "sense": "a sexual activity involving three people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трійник"
    }
  ],
  "word": "threesome"
}

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