bigamy

English

Etymology

From Old French bigamie, from Latin bigamia, bigamus (“twice married”), from bis (“twice”) + Ancient Greek γάμος (gamos, “marriage”). In common terms, from bi- + -gamy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɪɡəmi/

Noun

bigamy (plural bigamies)

1. The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously
2. (ecclesiastical) A second marriage

Synonyms

• (a second marriage): digamy, deuterogamy

Translations

the state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously

• Arabic: (polyandry) تعدد الأزواج (ar) (ta3áddud al-'azwaaj) m, (polygyny) تعدد الزوجات (ar) (ta3addud al-zawjaat) m
• Bulgarian: двуженство (bg) (dvuženstvo)
• Catalan: bigàmia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重婚 (cmn) (chónghūn)

• Danish: bigami (da)
• Esperanto: bigamio (eo)
• French: bigamie (fr) f
• German: Bigamie (de) f
• Japanese: 重婚 (ja) (じゅうこん, jūkon)

• Latvian: divlaulība (lv)
• Macedonian: двобрачност (mk) (dvóbračnost) f, двоженство (mk) (dvóženstvo) n, бигамија (mk) (bigamíja) f
• Persian: (two wives) دو زن داری (fa) (dô zan dâri)
• Polish: bigamia (pl) f
• Portuguese: bigamia (pt) f
• Romanian: bigamie (ro)
• Russian: двоежёнство (ru) (dvoježónstvo) n , бигамия (ru) (bigamíja) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chèileachas (gd) m
• Swedish: bigami (sv)
• Ukrainian: бігамія (uk) f (bihamija)

a second marriage

• Bulgarian: втори брак (bg) (vtori brak)

• Catalan: bigàmia (ca) f

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• Serbo-Croatian: dvòžēnstvo (sh) n, bigàmija (sh) f

Derived terms

• bigamist
• bigamous

Related terms

• monogamy
• polygamy

See also

• bi-
• -gamy
• polyamory
• polyandry
• polygyny
• plural marriage