"polyandry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-polyandry.wav Forms: polyandries [plural]
Etymology: From poly- + -andry. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|andry}} poly- + -andry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} polyandry (usually uncountable, plural polyandries)
  1. The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Marriage, Polyamory Translations (plurality of husbands at the same time): تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج (taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj) [masculine] (Arabic), многаму́ства (mnohamústva) [neuter] (Belarusian), poliàndria [feminine] (Catalan), 一妻多夫 (yīqīduōfū) (Chinese Mandarin), 一妻多夫制 (yīqīduōfūzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), mnohomužství [neuter] (Czech), poliandrio (Esperanto), polüandria (Estonian), mitmemehepidamine (Estonian), polyandria (Finnish), monimiehisyys (Finnish), polyandrie (French), მრავალქმრიანობა (mravalkmrianoba) (Georgian), პოლიანდრია (ṗoliandria) (Georgian), Polyandrie [feminine] (German), Vielmännerei [feminine] (German), πολύανδρος (polýandros) [feminine] (Greek), बहुपतित्व (bahuptitva) (Hindi), poliandreso (english: act) (Ido), poliandro (Ido), polandras [masculine] (Irish), poliandria [feminine] (Italian), 一妻多夫制 (issai-tafu) (alt: いっさいたふせい) (Japanese), ポリアンドリー (poriandorī) (Japanese), многума́штво (mnogumáštvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), полиандрија (poliandrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), wahine moe tokomaha (Maori), چندشوهری (Persian), poliandria [feminine] (Polish), poliandria [feminine] (Portuguese), полиа́ндрия (poliándrija) [feminine] (Russian), многому́жество (mnogomúžestvo) [neuter] (Russian), mnogomuštvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), poliàndrija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), poliandria [feminine] (Spanish), polyandri [common-gender] (Swedish), багатому́жжя (bahatomúžžja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amlwriaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-polyandry-en-noun-6WtGiYCA Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-polyandry-en-noun-QAkMlUdG Disambiguation of Family: 16 12 72 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 24 28 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: polygamy Related terms: polyandrist, concubine, seraglio, harem Coordinate_terms: bigamy

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "mnohamústva",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "многаму́ства"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliàndria"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīqīduōfū",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "一妻多夫"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīqīduōfūzhì",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "一妻多夫制"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "poliandrio"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "polüandria"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "mitmemehepidamine"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "polyandria"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "monimiehisyys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "polyandrie"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalkmrianoba",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "მრავალქმრიანობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoliandria",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "პოლიანდრია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polyandrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vielmännerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polýandros",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πολύανδρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahuptitva",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "बहुपतित्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "english": "act",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "poliandreso"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "poliandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polandras"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliandria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いっさいたふせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "issai-tafu",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "一妻多夫制"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "poriandorī",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "ポリアンドリー"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mnogumáštvo",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многума́штво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poliandrija",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полиандрија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "wahine moe tokomaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "word": "چندشوهری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliandria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliandria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poliándrija",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полиа́ндрия"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogomúžestvo",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многому́жество"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mnogomuštvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliàndrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliandria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polyandri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatomúžžja",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "багатому́жжя"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "plurality of husbands at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amlwriaeth"
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}

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