monogamous

monogamous

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ -gamous

Pronunciation

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Adjective

monogamous (not comparable)

1. Being married to one person at a time.
2. (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
3. (botany) Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Related terms

• monogamy

Translations

being married to one person at a time

Armenian: միակին (hy) (miakin) Asturian: monógamu Belarusian: манага́мны (manahámny), аднашлю́бны (adnašljúbny) Catalan: monògam Chinese: Mandarin: 一夫一妻 (zh) (yī fū yī qī), 一夫一妻制 (zh) (yī fū yī qī zhì) Danish: monogam (da) Esperanto: monogamia (eo), monogama Finnish: yksiavioinen (fi) French: monogame (fr) German: monogam (de) Hungarian: monogám (hu), egynejű Icelandic: einkvænis-, (adhering to monogamy) sem aðhyllist einkvæni Ido: monogama (io) Irish: aonchéileach, monagamach Italian: monogamo Japanese: 一夫一婦の (ippuippu no) Polish: monogamiczny (pl) Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m Russian: монога́мный (ru) (monogámnyj), единобра́чный (ru) (jedinobráčnyj) Spanish: monógamo Swedish: monogam (sv) Thai: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว (pǔua-diao-miia-diao) Turkish: tekeşli (tr) Ukrainian: монога́мний (monohámnyj), одношлю́бний (odnošljúbnyj)

having only one sexual partner at a time

Catalan: monògam German: monogam (de) Hungarian: monogám (hu) Irish: aonchéileach, monagamach Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m

See also

• polygamous