polygamous

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -gamous

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡəməs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

polygamous (not comparable)

Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
That Mormon community no longer practises polygamous relationships.

Antonym: monogamous

Hyponyms: polygynous, polyandrous
- 2001, Kathryn Daynes, More Wives Than One, page 177:
  […] declaring legitimate all children of LDS polygamous marriages […]
(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 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

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