polygynous

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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• polygynous at OneLook Dictionary Search