polygynous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/

Adjective

polygynous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
2. Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.

Synonyms

• (having many styles): polygynian

Antonyms

• monogynous
• oligogynous
• polyandrous

Hypernyms

• polygamous

Coordinate terms

• bigamous

Translations

plurality of wives at the same time

• Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات‎ m (taʿaddud az-zawjāt)
• Armenian: բազմակնություն (hy) (bazmaknutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一夫多妻 (zh) (yī fū duō qī), 一夫多妻制 (zh) (yī fū duō qī zhì)

• Esperanto: poligamio
• Finnish: monivaimoisuus, polygynia (fi)
• French: polygynie (fr) f
• German: Polygynie (de) f
• Hungarian: többnejűség
• Irish: polaigíneas m, il-leannántacht f
• Japanese: 一夫多妻 (ippu-tasai)

• Macedonian: многуженство n (mnogužénstvo), полигинија f (poligínija)
• Maori: tāne moe tokomaha
• Polish: poligynia (pl) f
• Portuguese: poliginia (pt) f
• Russian: многожёнство (ru) n (mnogožónstvo), полигини́я (ru) f (poliginíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: многоже́нство n, вишеженство n, полигинија f

  Roman: mnogožénstvo (sh) n, višeženstvo (sh) n, poligìnija (sh) f

• Swedish: månggifte (sv) n
• Telugu: బహుభార్యాత్వము (te) (bahubhāryātvamu)

Related terms

• polygyny

Translations

practicing polygyny

• Czech: polygynní
• French: polygyne (fr)

• Hungarian: többnejű

References

• polygynous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polygynous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• polygynous at OneLook Dictionary Search