polygynous

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/

Adjective

polygynous (not comparable)

(botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.

Synonyms

(having many styles): polygynian

Antonyms

Hypernyms

polygamous

Coordinate terms

bigamous

Translations

plurality of wives at the same time

Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات‎ m (taʿaddud az-zawjāt)
Armenian: բազմակնություն (hy) (bazmaknutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一夫多妻 (zh) (yī fū duō qī), 一夫多妻制 (zh) (yī fū duō qī zhì)
Esperanto: poligamio
Finnish: monivaimoisuus, polygynia (fi)
French: polygynie (fr) f
German: Polygynie (de) f
Hungarian: többnejűség
Irish: polaigíneas m, il-leannántacht f
Japanese: 一夫多妻 (ippu-tasai)

Macedonian: многуженство n (mnogužénstvo), полигинија f (poligínija)
Maori: tāne moe tokomaha
Polish: poligynia (pl) f
Portuguese: poliginia (pt) f
Russian: многожёнство (ru) n (mnogožónstvo), полигини́я (ru) f (poliginíja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: многоже́нство n, вишеженство n, полигинија f

Roman: mnogožénstvo (sh) n, višeženstvo (sh) n, poligìnija (sh) f
Swedish: månggifte (sv) n
Telugu: బహుభార్యాత్వము (te) (bahubhāryātvamu)

Related terms

polygyny

Translations

practicing polygyny

Czech: polygynní
French: polygyne (fr)

Hungarian: többnejű

References

polygynous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
polygynous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
polygynous at OneLook Dictionary Search

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