"polygamy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mi/ Audio: en-us-polygamy.ogg Forms: polygamies [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|polygamia}} Late Latin polygamia, {{der|en|grc|πολυγαμία}} Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía), {{af|en|poly-|-gamy}} poly- + -gamy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polygamy (countable and uncountable, plural polygamies)
  1. The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-polygamy-en-noun-DjOcN7wQ Disambiguation of Marriage: 56 37 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gamy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Javanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 19 12 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamy: 53 20 11 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 20 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 20 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 20 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 27 16 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 44 25 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 52 24 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 26 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 25 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 26 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 53 22 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 52 25 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 20 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 50 30 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 20 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 39 22 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 51 26 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 47 30 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 49 24 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 25 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 52 25 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 25 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 20 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 55 20 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Javanese translations: 53 25 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 52 25 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 20 21 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 52 24 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 24 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 22 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 20 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 50 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 52 24 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 52 25 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 20 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 51 25 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 53 20 13 15
  2. (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”) Tags: countable, especially, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Family, Polyamory Synonyms: polygyny [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-polygamy-en-noun-~w8iJYEY Disambiguation of Family: 37 63 0 0 Disambiguation of Polyamory: 34 53 7 7 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 19 45 15 20
  3. (zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate): polygamie [feminine] (Dutch), polygamia (Finnish), बहुसंगमन (bahusaṅgman) (Hindi), 多婚性 (takonsei) (Japanese), poligamia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-polygamy-en-noun-ySB5aNK4 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate': 16 9 61 15
  4. (botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers): poligàmia (Catalan), polygamie [feminine] (Dutch), polygamia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-polygamy-en-noun-oYE~WmaX Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers': 12 2 13 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: polygyny, polyandry Derived forms: polygamic, polygamical, polygamist, polygamize, polygamous, serial polygamy Related terms: concubine, harem, seraglio Translations (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time): πολυγαμία (polugamía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَعَدُّدُ الأَزْوَاج (taʕaddudu l-ʔazwāj) (alt: usually understood as “polygyny”, but may include “polyandry”, unlike تَعَدُّدُ الزَّوْجَات (taʕaddudu z-zawjāt)) [masculine] (Arabic), паліга́мія (palihámija) [feminine] (Belarusian), мнагашлю́бнасць (mnahašljúbnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), многажо́нства (mnohažónstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), многаму́ства (mnohamústva) [neuter] (Belarusian), полигамия (poligamija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), poligàmia [feminine] (Catalan), 多配偶制 (duōpèi'ǒuzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 一夫多妻 (polygyny) (Chinese Mandarin), polygamie [feminine] (Czech), mnohoženství [feminine] (Czech), polygamie [feminine] (Dutch), poligamio (Esperanto), pluredzeco (Esperanto), polügaamia (Estonian), moniavioisuus (Finnish), polygamia (Finnish), polygamie [feminine] (French), პოლიგამია (ṗoligamia) (Georgian), მრავალქორწინება (mravalkorc̣ineba) (Georgian), Polygamie [feminine] (German), Mehrehe [feminine] (German), Vielehe [feminine] (German), πολυγαμία (polygamía) [feminine] (Greek), બહુપતિત્વ (bahuptitva) [neuter] (Gujarati), פוליגמיה (poligámya) [feminine] (Hebrew), बहुविवाह (bahuvivāh) (Hindi), बहुसंगमन (bahusaṅgman) (Hindi), poligámia (Hungarian), többnejűség (Hungarian), poligami (Indonesian), pernikahan jamak (Indonesian), polagamas [masculine] (Irish), ilphósadh [masculine] (Irish), poligamia [feminine] (Italian), 複婚 (fukukon) (alt: ふくこん) (Japanese), ポリガミー (porigamī) (Japanese), wayuh (Javanese), многубра́чност (mnogubráčnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), полигамија (poligamija) [feminine] (Macedonian), yl-phoosey [masculine] (Manx), moe punarau (Maori), چندهمسری (čandhamsari) (Persian), تعدد زوجات (ta'addod-e zowjât) (english: having multiple wives) (Persian), poligamia [feminine] (Polish), wielożeństwo [neuter] (Polish), poligamia [feminine] (Portuguese), poligamie [feminine] (Romanian), полигами́я (poligamíja) [feminine] (Russian), многобра́чие (mnogobráčije) [neuter] (Russian), многожёнство (polygyny) [feminine] (Russian), многому́жество (polyandry) [neuter] (Russian), iol-phòsadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ioma-phòsadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), iomnuachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), poligàmija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polygamia (Slovak), mnohoženstvo (Slovak), poligamia [feminine] (Spanish), månggifte [neuter] (Swedish), polygami [common-gender] (Swedish), poligamiya (Tagalog), çokeşlilik (Turkish), поліга́мія (polihámija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), багатошлю́бність (bahatošljúbnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), багатоже́нство (bahatožénstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), багатому́жжя (bahatomúžžja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amlbriodas [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time': 40 44 11 5

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "en:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "An insect queen actually practices polygamy only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and polygamy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate."
      ],
      "id": "en-polygamy-en-noun-ySB5aNK4",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 9 61 15",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polygamie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 9 61 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
          "word": "polygamia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 9 61 15",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bahusaṅgman",
          "sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
          "word": "बहुसंगमन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 9 61 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "takonsei",
          "sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
          "word": "多婚性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 9 61 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "zoology: the state or habit of having more than one mate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poligamia"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers."
      ],
      "id": "en-polygamy-en-noun-oYE~WmaX",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "perfect",
          "perfect"
        ],
        [
          "unisexual",
          "unisexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 2 13 73",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
          "word": "poligàmia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 2 13 73",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polygamie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 2 13 73",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "botany: the condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers",
          "word": "polygamia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mi/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligàmia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mnohoženství"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligamio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "pluredzeco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "polügaamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "moniavioisuus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "polygamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoligamia",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "პოლიგამია"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalkorc̣ineba",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "მრავალქორწინება"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polygamie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mehrehe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vielehe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "bahuptitva",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "બહુપતિત્વ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahuvivāh",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "बहुविवाह"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahusaṅgman",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "बहुसंगमन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligámia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "többnejűség"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligami"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "pernikahan jamak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polagamas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilphósadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "wayuh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "moe punarau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čandhamsari",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "چندهمسری"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wielożeństwo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ioma-phòsadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "polygamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "mnohoženstvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "månggifte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polygami"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligamiya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "çokeşlilik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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": "40 44 11 5",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "40 44 11 5",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatomúžžja",
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          "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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      "alt": "usually understood as “polygyny”, but may include “polyandry”, unlike تَعَدُّدُ الزَّوْجَات (taʕaddudu z-zawjāt)",
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      "roman": "taʕaddudu l-ʔazwāj",
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      "tags": [
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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": "паліга́мія"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "многаму́ства"
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      "roman": "poligamija",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полигамия"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "poligàmia"
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mnohoženství"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
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    {
      "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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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "pluredzeco"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "polügaamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "moniavioisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "polygamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoligamia",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "პოლიგამია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalkorc̣ineba",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "მრავალქორწინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polygamie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mehrehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vielehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polygamía",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "πολυγαμία"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πολυγαμία"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "roman": "bahuptitva",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "બહુપતિત્વ"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahuvivāh",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "बहुविवाह"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahusaṅgman",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "बहुसंगमन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligámia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "többnejűség"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "poligami"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "pernikahan jamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polagamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilphósadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "porigamī",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "ポリガミー"
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      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "wayuh"
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      "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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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poligamija",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "полигамија"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yl-phoosey"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "moe punarau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čandhamsari",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "word": "چندهمسری"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wielożeństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligamie"
    },
    {
      "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"
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    {
      "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"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "polygyny",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "многожёнство"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polyandry",
      "sense": "the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "многому́жество"
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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": [
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      ],
      "word": "iol-phòsadh"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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": "iomnuachadh"
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    {
      "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": [
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      ],
      "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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