different between trois vs troilism

French

Etymology

From Old French trois, treis, from Latin tr?s, from Proto-Italic *tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?w?/, /t?wa/
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): [t?w?]

Numeral

trois

1. three

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: twa

See also

Further reading

• “trois” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rôtis, sorti

Old French

Alternative forms

• treis (12th century or Anglo-Norman)
• troys
• trei (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
• troi (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)
• troy (sometimes used with nominative plurals that do not end in -s)

Etymology

From Latin tr?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?troi?s/

Numeral

trois

1. three

Descendants

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
    • Haitian Creole: twa
• Norman: trais
• Walloon: troes

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /tr?i?s/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /tr?i??/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tr?i?s/

Verb

trois

1. first-person singular preterite of troi

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• triolism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?????l?z(?)m/

Noun

troilism (uncountable)

1. The practice of two people having sex while a third person watches (and may or may not take part).
   • 1981, William H. Gotwald, Gale Holtz Golden, Sexualidad: la experiencia humana, Prentice Hall

     Troilism is primarily a male problem, but one case of a woman who watched her husband have intercourse with a young girl has been reported in the literature (Smith, 1976).

   • 2006, Irish University Review:

     These various strands are frequently interwoven in Banville's many glimpses, glancing hints, and full scenes of troilism.

   • 2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, Guilford Press (?ISBN), page 410:

     Although historically troilism has been conceptualized as a form of voyeurism, […] in cases of troilism the sexual partners are typically aware that they are being observed.

2. The practice of three people having sex, i.e. having threesomes.
   • 1972, Penthouse:

     Now if it's true, as I believe, that every woman has a bit of a lesbian streak, or at least curiosity, then it follows that the ideal way to satisfy it is with troilism — making love with two girls and a man. I've tried it myself and I know.

   • 2008, Hugh Carleton Greene, portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, on his exasperation at Mary Whitehouse's (Julie Walters) attempts to remove any material deemed mildly offensive from BBC TV:

     The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy bloody Pandy, and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Lou - let alone Teddy - lest some child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or would it be bestiality with a teddy bear... rather than a real bear?

Derived terms

• troilist
• troilistic

Related terms

• ménage à trois

Coordinate terms

• twosome, foursome, fivesome, etc.

See also

• swinging
• threesome