threesome

Other forms of threesome

plural

threesomes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about threesome

What does threesome mean?

threesome means "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in threesome?

threesome has 2 syllables: three-some. The stress falls on "three". In IPA it is /ˈθɹisəm/.

What is another word for threesome?

Close synonyms include three, 3, III, trio, tierce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is threesome a common word?

threesome is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.