polygam

English

Noun

polygam (plural polygams)

1. (botany) A polygamous plant.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polyˈɡaːm/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːm

Adjective

polygam (strong nominative masculine singular polygamer, not comparable)

1. polygamous

   Antonym: monogam

Declension

Positive forms of polygam (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist polygam	sie ist polygam	es ist polygam	sie sind polygam
strong declension (without article)	nominative	polygamer	polygame	polygames	polygame
	genitive	polygamen	polygamer	polygamen	polygamer
	dative	polygamem	polygamer	polygamem	polygamen
	accusative	polygamen	polygame	polygames	polygame
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der polygame	die polygame	das polygame	die polygamen
	genitive	des polygamen	der polygamen	des polygamen	der polygamen
	dative	dem polygamen	der polygamen	dem polygamen	den polygamen
	accusative	den polygamen	die polygame	das polygame	die polygamen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein polygamer	eine polygame	ein polygames	(keine) polygamen
	genitive	eines polygamen	einer polygamen	eines polygamen	(keiner) polygamen
	dative	einem polygamen	einer polygamen	einem polygamen	(keinen) polygamen
	accusative	einen polygamen	eine polygame	ein polygames	(keine) polygamen

Further reading

• “polygam” in Duden online
• “polygam”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -gam. From Ancient Greek.

Adjective

polygam (neuter polygamt, definite singular and plural polygame)

1. polygamous

   Antonym: monogam

Related terms

• polygami

Further reading

• “polygam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

polygam (not comparable)

1. polygamous

   Antonym: monogam

Declension

Inflection of polygam

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	polygam	—	—
neuter singular	polygamt	—	—
plural	polygama	—	—
masculine plural2	polygame	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	polygame	—	—
all	polygama	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• polygami (“polygamy”)

References

• “polygam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “polygam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “polygam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)