Monogamy

Mo-nog′a-my

,

Noun.

[L.

monogamia

, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

monogamie

.]

1.

Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; – opposed to

polygamy

. Also, one marriage only during life; – opposed to

deuterogamy

.

2.

(Zool.)

State of being paired with a single mate.

Monogamy

MONOG'AMY

,

Noun.

[supra.] The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife.

monogamy

English

Noun

monogamy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural monogamies)

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

Translations

permanent pair bond between two beings

Arabic:
Catalan: monogàmia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一夫一妻制 (zh) ‎(yī fū yī qī zhì)
Esperanto: monogamio
Finnish: monogamia (fi), yksiavioisuus (fi)
French: monogamie (fr) f
German: Monogamie (de) f
Greek: μονογαμία (el) f ‎(monogamía)
Irish: aonchéileachas m, monagamas m
Japanese: 一夫一婦 ‎(いっぷいっぷせい, ippuippu sei)

Korean: 일부일처제 ‎(ilbuilcheoje), 一夫一妻制
Latin: monogamia f
Macedonian: еднобрачност f ‎(ednobráčnost), моногамија f ‎(monogámija)
Polish: monogamia (pl) f
Portuguese: monogamia (pt) f
Romanian: monogamie (ro) f
Russian: монога́мия (ru) f ‎(monogámija)
Serbo-Croatian: jednožénstvo (sh) n, monogàmija (sh) f
Spanish: monogamia f
Swedish: monogami (sv) c, engifte (sv) n
Thai: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว ‎(pǔua-diao-miia-diao)

Antonyms

polygamy

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Monogamy

Mo-nog′a-my

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Monogamy

MONOG'AMY

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monogamy

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