"polygyny" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polygyny.wav Forms: polygynies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πολύ||many}} Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”), {{surf|en|poly-|-gyny}} By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polygyny (countable and uncountable, plural polygynies)
  1. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Family, Marriage, Polyamory Translations (plurality of wives at the same time): تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات (taʕaddud az-zawjāt) [masculine] (Arabic), բազմակնություն (bazmaknutʻyun) (Armenian), многажо́нства (mnohažónstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), 一夫多妻 (yīfūduōqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 一夫多妻制 (yīfūduōqīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), poligamio (Esperanto), monivaimoisuus (Finnish), polygynia (Finnish), polygynie [feminine] (French), მრავალცოლიანობა (mravalcolianoba) (Georgian), პოლიგინია (ṗoliginia) (Georgian), Polygynie [feminine] (German), બહુપત્નીત્વ (bahupatnītva) [neuter] (Gujarati), બહુપત્નીકત્વ (bahupatnīkatva) [neuter] (Gujarati), बहुपत्नीत्व (bahupatnītva) (Hindi), többnejűség (Hungarian), polaigíneas [masculine] (Irish), il-leannántacht [feminine] (Irish), 一夫多妻 (ippu-tasai) (Japanese), многуже́нство (mnogužénstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), полигинија (poliginija) [feminine] (Macedonian), tāne moe tokomaha (Maori), poligynia [feminine] (Polish), poliginia [feminine] (Portuguese), многожёнство (mnogožónstvo) [neuter] (Russian), полигини́я (poliginíja) [feminine] (Russian), многоже́нство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), вишеженство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), полигѝнија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mnogožénstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), višeženstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), poligìnija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), poliginia [feminine] (Spanish), månggifte [neuter] (Swedish), బహుభార్యాత్వము (bahubhāryātvamu) (Telugu), багатоже́нство (bahatožénstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amlwreiciaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-polygyny-en-noun-ohCN0Xu3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: polygamy Derived forms: polygynist, polygynous Coordinate_terms: bigamy

Inflected forms

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          "word": "полигини́я"
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          "roman": "bahubhāryātvamu",
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          "word": "బహుభార్యాత్వము"
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gujarati translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "word": "bigamy"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕaddud az-zawjāt",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bazmaknutʻyun",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "բազմակնություն"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mnohažónstva",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многажо́нства"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīfūduōqī",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "一夫多妻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīfūduōqīzhì",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "一夫多妻制"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "poligamio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "monivaimoisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "polygynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polygynie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalcolianoba",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "მრავალცოლიანობა"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoliginia",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "პოლიგინია"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polygynie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "bahupatnītva",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "બહુપત્નીત્વ"
    },
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      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "bahupatnīkatva",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "બહુપત્નીકત્વ"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahupatnītva",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "बहुपत्नीत्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "többnejűség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polaigíneas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "il-leannántacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ippu-tasai",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "一夫多妻"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mnogužénstvo",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многуже́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poliginija",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полигинија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "tāne moe tokomaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliginia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogožónstvo",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многожёнство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poliginíja",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полигини́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "многоже́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вишеженство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полигѝнија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mnogožénstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "višeženstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poligìnija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poliginia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "månggifte"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bahubhāryātvamu",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "word": "బహుభార్యాత్వము"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatožénstvo",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "багатоже́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amlwreiciaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polygyny"
}

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