polyamory

English

Etymology

From poly- (from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”)) +‎ Latin amor (“love”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒ.lɪˈæ.mə.ɹi/
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [ˌpɔ.lijˈæ.m(ə).ɹi]
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.lijˈæ.m(ə).ɹi/
Rhymes: -æməɹi
Hyphenation: po‧ly‧a‧mo‧ry

Noun

polyamory (usually uncountable, plural polyamories)

Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.
- 1992, Deborah M. Anapol, Love without limits, page 4:
  Some of these are poly intimacy, polyamory, polygamy, omnigamy, multimate, multiple adult relationship, combo, cellular family, expanded family, nonexclusive relationship, intimate friendship and inclusive relationship.

Alternative forms

polyamoury (rare)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

practices involving relationships with multiple partners

Afrikaans: poliamorie
Arabic: تعدد علاقات الحب, علاقات الحب المتعددة
Armenian: բազմասիրություն (bazmasirutʻyun), պոլիամորիան (poliamorian)
Asturian: poliamor
Basque: poliamodio, polimaitasuna, amodio anizkuna
Bulgarian: полиамория f (poliamorija)
Catalan: poliamor (ca)
Corsican: puliamore m, poliamore m
Czech: polyamorie (cs) f
Danish: polyamory, polyamori
Dutch: polyamorie (nl)
Esperanto: pluramemo (eo)
Estonian: polüamooria
Finnish: polyamoria (fi), monisuhteisuus
French: polyamour (fr) m
Galician: poliamor m
German: Polyamorie (de)
Greek: πολυσυντροφικότητα (el) f (polysyntrofikótita)
Hebrew: פוליאמוריה
Hungarian: tártszerelműség, poliamoria (hu), többszerelműség (hu)
Indonesian: poliamori
Interlingua: polyamor
Irish: il-leannánacht m
Italian: poliamore (it)
Japanese: ポリアモリー (ja) (poriamorī)
Korean: 폴리아모리 (polliamori)
Latin: polyamōria f
Mandarin: 多元之愛 / 多元之爱 (duōyuánzhīaì)
Manx: yl-lhiannanagh m
Marathi: बहुकामुकता (bahukāmuktā)
Nepali: बहुप्रेमी (bahupremī), बहुस्नेही (bahusnehī)
Norwegian: polyamori (no)
Persian: چندمهری (čand-mahri)
Polish: poliamoria (pl)
Portuguese: poliamor (pt)
Romanian: poliamorie f, poliamor
Russian: полиамо́рия (ru) f (poliamórija)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-leannanach m
Serbo-Croatian: višeljublje, poliamorija f
Slovak: polyamoria f
Slovene: poliamorija f
Spanish: poliamor (es) m
Swedish: polyamori (sv)
Thai: การมีคนรักหลายคน (gaan-mii-kon-rák-lǎai-kon), พอลีแอเมอรี (pɔɔ-lii-ɛɛ-mɤɤ-rii)
Turkish: poliamori
Ukrainian: поліаморія f (poliamorija)
Urdu: تعدد عشق
Vietnamese: đa ái
Volapük: mölöf
Welsh: amlgarwriaeth f
Western Panjabi: تعدد عشق (tʻdd ʻśq)