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"etymology_text": "Recorded since 1591, from Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía), itself from πολύγαμος (polúgamos, “married to many”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). Relates to modern prefix and suffix poly- + -gamy.",
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"word": "concubine"
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"text": "Are there countries where polygamy is legal for both men and women?"
},
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"ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House",
"text": "Miss Griffin was a model of propriety, and I am at a loss to imagine what the feelings of the virtuous woman would have been, if she had known, when she paraded us down the Hampstead Road two and two, that she was walking with a stately step at the head of Polygamy and Mahomedanism.",
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"The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time."
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"text": "Though Islam allows polygamy, it is frowned upon in many contemporary Muslim societies."
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"ref": "1991, Kathryn M Daynes, Plural wives and the nineteenth-century Mormon marriage system, page 16",
"text": "Because Mormon polygamy was an unusual family form in nineteenth-century America […]",
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"(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)"
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"often",
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"alt": "usually understood as “polygyny”, but may include “polyandry”, unlike تَعَدُّدُ الزَّوْجَات (taʕaddudu z-zawjāt)",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taʕaddudu l-ʔazwāj",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَعَدُّدُ الأَزْوَاج"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "palihámija",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "паліга́мія"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mnahašljúbnascʹ",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мнагашлю́бнасць"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mnohažónstva",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многажо́нства"
},
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mnohamústva",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многаму́ства"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poligamija",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полигамия"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligàmia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duōpèi'ǒuzhì",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "多配偶制"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "polygyny",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "一夫多妻"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polygamie"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mnohoženství"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polygamie"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "poligamio"
},
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "pluredzeco"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "polügaamia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "moniavioisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "polygamia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polygamie"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗoligamia",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "პოლიგამია"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mravalkorc̣ineba",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "მრავალქორწინება"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Polygamie"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mehrehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vielehe"
},
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polygamía",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πολυγαμία"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "polugamía",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πολυγαμία"
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "poligámya",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פוליגמיה"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bahuvivāh",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "बहुविवाह"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bahusaṅgman",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "बहुसंगमन"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "poligámia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "többnejűség"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "poligami"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "pernikahan jamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polagamas"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilphósadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"alt": "ふくこん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukukon",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "複婚"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "porigamī",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "ポリガミー"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "wayuh"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mnogubráčnost",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "многубра́чност"
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{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poligamija",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полигамија"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yl-phoosey"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "moe punarau"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čandhamsari",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "چندهمسری"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "fa",
"english": "having multiple wives",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ta'addod-e zowjât",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "تعدد زوجات"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
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{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wielożeństwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
},
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamie"
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{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poligamíja",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полигами́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnogobráčije",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многобра́чие"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polygyny",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "многожёнство"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polyandry",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многому́жество"
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{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iol-phòsadh"
},
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"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ioma-phòsadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iomnuachadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligàmija"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "polygamia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "mnohoženstvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "månggifte"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "polygami"
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{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "poligamiya"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "çokeşlilik"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polihámija",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поліга́мія"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatošljúbnistʹ",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "багатошлю́бність"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 47 12 4",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "პოლიგამია"
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"code": "he",
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"word": "פוליגמיה"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "pernikahan jamak"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"feminine"
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"alt": "ふくこん",
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"word": "複婚"
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"word": "ポリガミー"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"word": "многубра́чност"
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"word": "yl-phoosey"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "moe punarau"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čandhamsari",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "چندهمسری"
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"code": "fa",
"english": "having multiple wives",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ta'addod-e zowjât",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "تعدد زوجات"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wielożeństwo"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "полигами́я"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"word": "многобра́чие"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"feminine"
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"word": "многожёнство"
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iomnuachadh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligàmija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "polygamia"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "mnohoženstvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "månggifte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "polygami"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "poligamiya"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"word": "çokeşlilik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polihámija",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поліга́мія"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatošljúbnistʹ",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "багатошлю́бність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatožénstvo",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "багатоже́нство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatomúžžja",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "багатому́жжя"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amlbriodas"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polygamie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
"word": "polygamia"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bahusaṅgman",
"sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
"word": "बहुसंगमन"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takonsei",
"sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
"word": "多婚性"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligamia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
"word": "poligàmia"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polygamie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
"word": "polygamia"
}
],
"word": "polygamy"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": polygyny vs. mnohažónstva",
"path": [
"polygamy"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "polygamy",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "polygamy",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": yī fū duō qī vs. polygyny",
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],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "polygamy",
"trace": ""
}
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"trace": ""
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"subsection": "noun",
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"trace": ""
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
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"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "polygamy",
"trace": ""
}
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