"exogamy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈsɒ.ɡə.mi/ [UK], /ɛkˈsɑ.ɡə.mi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exogamy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exogamies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡəmi Etymology: From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|exo|gamy}} exo- + -gamy, {{coinage|en|Q3499017}} Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exogamy (countable and uncountable, plural exogamies)
  1. Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: exogamy, extramarriage, heterogamy, intermarriage, mixed marriage, outmarriage Translations (marriage): էկզոգամիա (ēkzogamia) (Armenian), տարամուսնություն (taramusnutʻyun) (Armenian), екзогамия (ekzogamija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), exogàmia [feminine] (Catalan), exogamie [feminine] (Czech), exogami [common-gender] (Danish), exogamie [feminine] (Dutch), eksogamia (Finnish), exogamie [feminine] (French), Exogamie [feminine] (German), Außenheirat [feminine] (German), εξωγαμία (exogamía) [feminine] (Greek), exogámia (Hungarian), esogamia [feminine] (Italian), exogami [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), برونهمسری (Persian), egzogamia [feminine] (Polish), exogamia [feminine] (Portuguese), exogamie [feminine] (Romanian), экзога́мия (ekzogámija) [feminine] (Russian), внебра́чие (vnebráčije) [neuter] (Russian), егзога̀мија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), egzogàmija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), exogamia [feminine] (Spanish), exogami [common-gender] (Swedish), ekzogami (Turkish), екзогамія (ekzohamija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exogamy-en-noun-7SDVYksh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with exo-, English terms suffixed with -gamy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Marriage Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with exo-: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamy: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Marriage: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'marriage': 100 0
  2. (biology) The fusion of two unrelated gametes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exogamy-en-noun-frzp0mgy Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: exogamic, exogamous Related terms: intermarriage

Inflected forms

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    "en:Marriage"
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  "etymology_text": "From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage.",
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          "ref": "1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 226:",
          "text": "The daughters of Danaüs thus apparently stand for mother-right, which usually occurs in conjunction with exogamy, marriage outside the family or clan.",
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          "ref": "1932, G. S. Ghurye, “Caste, Sub-caste and Kin”, in Caste and Race in India, New Delhi: Popular Prakashan, →ISBN, page 133:",
          "text": "If the ‘gotra’ of the bridegroom's mother's father was Jatukarnya, as it well could be, then the situation becomes much more easy for the groom. For then he has to avoid only the seven surnames that come under the Jatukarnya ‘gotra’ in addition to the 265 surnames to be avoided under the general rule of ‘gotra’-exogamy.",
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      "roman": "ēkzogamia",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "էկզոգամիա"
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      "roman": "taramusnutʻyun",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "տարամուսնություն"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "ekzogamija",
      "sense": "marriage",
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "exogàmia"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "exogamie"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "exogami"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "exogamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "eksogamia"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exogamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Exogamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Außenheirat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "exogamía",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εξωγαμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "exogámia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esogamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "exogami"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "برونهمسری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egzogamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exogamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exogamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "ekzogámija",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "экзога́мия"
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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vnebráčije",
      "sense": "marriage",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "внебра́чие"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "егзога̀мија"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "egzogàmija"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "exogamia"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "marriage",
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      "word": "exogami"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "marriage",
      "word": "ekzogami"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "marriage",
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      "word": "екзогамія"
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