-gamy

See also: gamy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɡəmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Suffix

-gamy

1. Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
2. (biology) Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gamy

adelphogamy

agamy

allogamy

anemogamy

anisogamy

apogamy

autogamy

bigamy

bureaugamy

cacogamy

cenogamy

chalazogamy

chasmogamy

cleistogamy

cytogamy

deuterogamy

dichogamy

digamy

endogamy

entomogamy

ethnogamy

exogamy

geitonogamy

hercogamy

herkogamy

heterogamy

hierogamy

hologamy

homogamy

hydrogamy

hypergamy

hypogamy

isogamy

isophenogamy

karyogamy

kleptogamy

merogamy

misogamy

monogamy

octogamy

omnigamy

oogamy

opsigamy

orthogamy

-gamous

paedogamy

pangamy

pantagamy

pantogamy

pedogamy

pentagamy

plasmogamy

plastogamy

polygamy

porogamy

pseudogamy

quadrigamy

schizogamy

sologamy

somatogamy

stenogamy

syngamy

tetragamy

theogamy

trigamy

xenogamy

zoogamy

zoögamy

• agamy
• allogamy
• anisogamy
• apogamy
• autogamy
• chalazogamy
• chasmogamy
• cleistogamy
• deuterogamy
• dichogamy
• digamy
• endogamy
• epigamy
• exogamy
• geitonogamy
• hercogamy
• heterogamy
• karyogamy
• misogamy
• mixogamy
• monogamy
• oogamy
• orgamy
• pangamy
• pantagamy
• paragamy
• plasmogamy
• plastogamy
• polygamy
• porogamy
• schizogamy
• syngamy
• tetragamy
• theogamy

Related terms

• -game
• -gamous

Translations

describing forms of marriage

• Finnish: -avioisuus (fi)
• French: -gamie (fr) f
• Hungarian: -gámia
• Irish: -gamacht f
• Italian: -gamia f
• Polish: -gamia (pl)
• Portuguese: -gamia (pt) f
• Spanish: -gamia (es) f