poligamia

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

poligamia f (plural poligamie)

1. polygamy

   Antonym: monogamia

• poligamico
• poligamo

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈɡa.mja/

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• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ga‧mia

poligamia f

1. polygamy

• poligamia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• poligamia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía), itself from πολύγαμος (polúgamos, “married to many”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, poli- +‎ -gamia.

• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ga‧mi‧a

poligamia f (plural poligamias)

1. polygamy (the practice of having multiple spouses or partners)

• poliginia, poliandria

• monogamia

• poligâmico

Borrowed from Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía).

• IPA^(key): /poliˈɡamja/ [po.liˈɣ̞a.mja]

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• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: po‧li‧ga‧mia

poligamia f (uncountable)

1. polygamy (the condition of having more than one spouse)
2. (zoology) polygamy (the condition of having more than one mate)
3. (botany) polygamy (the condition of bearing both perfect and unisexual flowers)

• monogamia

• “poligamia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014