polygamy

Etymology
Recorded since 1591, from, from , itself from , from +. Relates to modern prefix and suffix.

Noun

 * 1) The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
 * Are there countries where polygamy is legal for both men and women?
 * Though Islam allows polygamy, it is frowned upon in many contemporary Muslim societies.
 * 1)  The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
 * An insect queen actually practices polygamy only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and polygamy.
 * 1)  The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
 * 1)  The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
 * An insect queen actually practices polygamy only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and polygamy.
 * 1)  The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَعَدُّدُ الأَزْوَاج
 * Belarusian: паліга́мія, мнагашлю́бнасць, многажо́нства, многаму́ства
 * Bulgarian: полигамия
 * Catalan: poligàmia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 多配偶制,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: poligamio,
 * Estonian: polügaamia
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: პოლიგამია, მრავალქორწინება
 * German:, Mehrehe,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πολυγαμία
 * Gujarati: બહુપતિત્વ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, बहुसंगमन
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:, pernikahan jamak
 * Irish: polagamas, ilphósadh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 複婚, ポリガミー
 * Javanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: многубра́чност, полигамија
 * Manx: yl-phoosey
 * Maori: moe punarau
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iol-phòsadh, ioma-phòsadh, iomnuachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: polygamia, mnohoženstvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: poligamiya
 * Turkish: çokeşlilik
 * Ukrainian: поліга́мія,, ,
 * Welsh: amlbriodas


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: बहुसंगमन
 * Japanese: 多婚性
 * Polish:


 * Catalan: poligàmia
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Norwegian:, ,