fivesome

English

Etymology

five +‎ -some

Noun

fivesome (plural fivesomes)

1. A group of five people or things.
2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

group of five

• Esperanto: kvinopo
• Finnish: viisikko (fi)
• French: quintuor (fr) m
• Galician: quinteto (gl) m
• Polish: piątka (pl) f, pięcioro (pl)
• Portuguese: quinteto (pt) m
• Russian: пятеро́ (ru) (pjateró), пятёрка (ru) f (pjatjórka)
• Spanish: quinteto (es) m

Adjective

fivesome (not comparable)

1. (archaic) By fives; with five
   • 1885, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Eclectic Magazine:

     They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.