English
Etymology
poly- -andry
Noun
polyandry (usually uncountable , plural polyandries
The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man , or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
( zoology ) mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male , human or non-human, within or without marriage.
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plurality of husbands at the same time
Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج m ( taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj )
Belarusian: многаму́ства n ( mnohamústva )
Catalan: poliàndria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一妻多夫 (zh) ( yīqīduōfū ) , 一妻多夫制 ( yīqīduōfūzhì )
Czech: mnohomužství n
Estonian: polüandria (et) , mitmemehepidamine (et)
Finnish: polyandria (fi) , monimiehisyys (fi)
French: polyandrie (fr)
German: Polyandrie (de) f Vielmännerei f
Greek: πολύανδρος (el) f ( polýandros )
Ido: poliandreso (io) (act), poliandro (io)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: polandras m
Italian: poliandria (it) f
Japanese: 一妻多夫制 ( いっさいたふせい , issai-tafu) , ポリアンドリー ( poriandorī )
Macedonian: многума́штво n ( mnogumáštvo ) , полиандрија f ( poliandrija )
Maori: wahine moe tokomaha
Persian: چندشوهری
Polish: poliandria (pl) f
Portuguese: poliandria (pt) f
Russian: полиа́ндрия (ru) f ( poliándrija ) , многому́жество (ru) n ( mnogomúžestvo )
Serbo-Croatian: mnogomuštvo (sh) n poliàndrija (sh) f
Spanish: poliandria f
Ukrainian: багатому́жжя (uk) n ( bahatomúžžja )
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