polygamous

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -gamous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡəməs/

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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.

Derived terms

• polygamously

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) 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 (es) Swedish: polygam (sv) Ukrainian: поліга́мний (polihámnyj), багатошлю́бний (bahatošljúbnyj) Welsh: amlwreiciol (persons), amlweddog