polygamous

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -gamous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡəməs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

polygamous (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.

   Antonym: monogamous

   Hyponyms: polygynous, polyandrous

   That Mormon community no longer practises polygamous relationships.

   • 2001, Kathryn Daynes, More Wives Than One, page 177:

     […] declaring legitimate all children of LDS polygamous marriages […]

2. (botany) Exhibiting polygamy.

Translations

of, relating to, or practicing polygamy

• Asturian: polígamu
• Belarusian: паліга́мны (palihámny), мнагашлю́бны (mnahašljúbny)
• Bulgarian: полигамен (poligamen)
• Catalan: polígam
• Danish: polygam (da)
• Dutch: polygaam (nl)
• Esperanto: poligamia (eo)
• Finnish: moniavioinen (fi)
• French: polygame (fr)
• Galician: polígamo (gl) m, polígama f
• German: polygam (de)
• Hungarian: poligám (hu)
• Icelandic: fjölkvænis-, (adhering to polygamy) sem aðhyllist fjölkvæni
• Ido: poligama (io)
• Irish: polagamach
• Italian: poligamo (it)
• Latvian: poligāmisks
• Manx: yl-phoosee
• Persian: چندهمسر (čandhamsar)
• Polish: poligamiczny (pl)
• Russian: полига́мный (ru) (poligámnyj), многобра́чный (ru) (mnogobráčnyj)
• Spanish: polígamo
• Swedish: polygam (sv)
• Ukrainian: поліга́мний (polihámnyj), багатошлю́бний (bahatošljúbnyj)
• Welsh: amlwreiciol (persons), amlweddog