monogamous

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ -gamous

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈnɒɡəməs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑɡəməs/
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Adjective

monogamous (not comparable)

Being married to one person at a time.
(zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
(botany) Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Related terms

monogamy

Translations

being married to one person at a time

Armenian: միակին (hy) (miakin)
Asturian: monógamu
Belarusian: манага́мны (manahámny), аднашлю́бны (adnašljúbny)
Catalan: monògam
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一夫一妻 (zh) (yī fū yī qī), 一夫一妻制 (zh) (yī fū yī qī zhì)
Danish: monogam (da)
Esperanto: monogamia (eo), monogama
Finnish: yksiavioinen (fi)
French: monogame (fr)
German: monogam (de)
Hungarian: monogám (hu), egynejű (hu)
Icelandic: einkvænis-, (adhering to monogamy) sem aðhyllist einkvæni
Ido: monogama (io)
Irish: aonchéileach, monagamach
Italian: monogamo
Japanese: 一夫一婦の (ippuippu no)
Polish: monogamiczny (pl)
Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m
Russian: монога́мный (ru) (monogámnyj), единобра́чный (ru) (jedinobráčnyj)
Spanish: monógamo
Swedish: monogam (sv)
Thai: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว (pǔua-diao-miia-diao)
Turkish: tekeşli (tr)
Ukrainian: монога́мний (monohámnyj), одношлю́бний (odnošljúbnyj)

having only one sexual partner at a time

Catalan: monògam
German: monogam (de)
Hungarian: monogám (hu)
Irish: aonchéileach, monagamach
Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m

See also

polygamous

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