polygamie

See also: Polygamie

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɡamɪjɛ]

Noun

polygamie f

1. polygamy (polygyny; having more than one wife)

   Synonym: polygynie

2. polygamy (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time)

Declension

Declension of polygamie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	polygamie	polygamie
genitive	polygamie	polygamií
dative	polygamii	polygamiím
accusative	polygamii	polygamie
vocative	polygamie	polygamie
locative	polygamii	polygamiích
instrumental	polygamií	polygamiemi

Hyponyms

• (having more than one spouses): mnohomužství
• (having more than one spouses): mnohoženství
• (having more than one spouses): polygynie
• (having more than one spouses): polyandrie

Related terms

• polygamní

See also

• mnohomužství n

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

polygamie

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧ga‧mie

Noun

polygamie f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. polygamy

Related terms

• polygaam

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ɡa.mi/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: polygamies
• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧ga‧mie

Noun

polygamie f (plural polygamies)

1. polygamy

   Antonym: monogamie

Hyponyms

• bigamie
• polyandrie
• polygynie

Related terms

• polygame

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پولیغامی (poligami)
  • Turkish: poligami

Further reading

• “polygamie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.