foursome

n.

1. A group of four persons or things, especially two couples.
2. 1. A game, especially a golf match, played by four persons, usually competing in pairs.
   2. The players in such a game.

[Middle English four-som, from Old English fēowra sum, one of four : fēowra, genitive pl. of fēower, four; see four + sum, one; see -some².]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: four people considered as a unit
  Synonyms: quartet, quartette

Meaning #2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  Synonyms: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, Little Joe

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - firemands golfparti

Nederlands (Dutch)
viertal, golfspel met vier spelers

Français (French)
n. - quatuor

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quartett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παιχνίδι με δύο ζευγάρια ή τέσσερις παίκτες, διπλή παρτίδα

Italiano (Italian)
quartetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quarteto (m)
num. - quatro (m) (numeral)

Русский (Russian)
группа из четырех человек

Español (Spanish)
n. - grupo de cuatro personas, dos parejas, partido de parejas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - foursome (golf), två par

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
四人的一组, 与赛的四人, 四人对抗赛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 四人的一組, 與賽的四人, 四人對抗賽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 4인조

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 四人組, フォーサム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البالغ من العمر ثمانون سنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבוצה של ארבעה אנשים, תחרות בזוגות (בגולף)‬

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