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Polygynous

{

Polˊy-gyn′i-an

,

Po-lyg′y-nous

, }

Adj.

(Bot.)

Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.

Definition 2024

polygynous

polygynous

English

Adjective

polygynous ‎(not comparable)

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

Synonyms

(having many styles): polygynian

Antonyms

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