polygam

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English

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Noun

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polygam (plural polygams)

  1. (botany) A polygamous plant.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /polyˈɡaːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Adjective

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polygam (strong nominative masculine singular polygamer, not comparable)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam

Declension

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Further reading

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  • polygam” in Duden online
  • polygam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From poly- +‎ -gam. From Ancient Greek.

Adjective

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polygam (neuter polygamt, definite singular and plural polygame)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Adjective

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polygam (not comparable)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam

Declension

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Inflection of polygam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular polygam
Neuter singular polygamt
Plural polygama
Masculine plural3 polygame
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 polygame
All polygama
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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References

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