group marriage

English

Noun

group marriage (plural group marriages)

1. A form of polygynous, polyandrous marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit.

Synonyms

• circle marriage

Hypernyms

• polygamy

Coordinate terms

• bigamy

Translations

type of marriage

• Azerbaijani: qrup nigahı
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 群婚 (qúnhūn)

• Danish: gruppeægteskab
• Finnish: ryhmäavioliitto
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• German: Gruppenehe f, Vielehe f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: группово́й брак (gruppovój brak)
• Spanish: matrimonio grupal m
• Swedish: gruppäktenskap