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-gamy en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ɡəmi/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-der. Ancient Greek γᾰ́μος (gắmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía)bor. English -gamy From Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía), from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
  2. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.

Forms

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-gamies Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

-gamous · -game

Translations (8)

pl -gamia (describing forms of marriage) · fi -avioisuus (describing forms of marriage) · es -gamia (describing forms of marriage) · pt -gamia (describing forms of marriage) · fr -gamie (describing forms of marriage) · hu -gámia (describing forms of marriage) · it -gamia (describing forms of marriage) · ga -gamacht (describing forms of marriage)