fivesome

English

Etymology

five +‎ -some

Noun

fivesome (plural fivesomes)

A group of five people or things.
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)

(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.

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