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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

polygamous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /pəˈlɪɡəməs/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From poly- + -gamous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
    • […] declaring legitimate all children of LDS polygamous marriages […] 2001, Kathryn Daynes, More Wives Than One, page 177:
    • That Mormon community no longer practises polygamous relationships.
  2. (not-comparable) Exhibiting polygamy.

Antonyms

monogamous

Deriveds

polygamously

Hyponyms

polygynous · polyandrous

Translations (30)

ru многобра́чный (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · is sem aðhyllist fjölkvæni (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · be паліга́мны (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · eo poligamia (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · ast polígamu (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · gl polígamo (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · io poligama (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · sv polygam (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · de polygam (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · fi moniavioinen (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · cy amlweddog (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · gv yl-phoosee (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · cy amlwreiciol (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · ru полига́мный (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · it poligamo (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · fr polygame (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · pl poligamiczny (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · ga polagamach (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · lv poligāmisks (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · is fjölkvænis- (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · ca polígam (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · nl polygaam (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · be мнагашлю́бны (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · da polygam (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · fa چندهمسر (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · hu poligám (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · bg полигамен (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · uk поліга́мний (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · es polígamo (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) · uk багатошлю́бний (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy)