poligamia

See also: poligámia

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía).

Noun

poligamia f (plural poligamie)

1. polygamy

   Antonym: monogamia

Related terms

• poligamico
• poligamo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈɡa.mja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ga‧mia

Noun

poligamia f

1. polygamy

Declension

Declension of poligamia

	singular
nominative	poligamia
genitive	poligamii
dative	poligamii
accusative	poligamię
instrumental	poligamią
locative	poligamii
vocative	poligamio

Derived terms

• poligamiczny
• poligamista
• poligamistka

 

Further reading

• poligamia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• poligamia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía), itself from πολύγαμος (polúgamos, “married to many”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, poli- +‎ -gamia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.li.ɡaˈmi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.li.ɡaˈmi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.li.ɡaˈmi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ɡɐˈmi.ɐ/ [pɔ.li.ɣɐˈmi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ga‧mi‧a

Noun

poligamia f (plural poligamias)

1. polygamy (the practice of having multiple spouses or partners)

Hyponyms

• poliginia, poliandria

Coordinate terms

• monogamia

Related terms

• poligâmico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈɡamja/ [po.liˈɣ̞a.mja]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ga‧mia

Noun

poligamia f (uncountable)

1. polygamy (the condition of having more than one spouse)
2. (zoology) polygamy (the condition of having more than one mate)
3. (botany) polygamy (the condition of bearing both perfect and unisexual flowers)

Antonyms

• monogamia

Related terms

• polígamo

 

Further reading

• “poligamia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014