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Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | poligamia |
| esperanto | pluredzeco, poligamio |
| hollanti | polygamie |
| italia | poligamia |
| japani | 複婚 (fukukon), ポリガミー (porigamī), 多婚性 (takonsei) |
| kreikka | πολυγαμία (polygamía / poligamía) |
| portugali | poligamia |
| puola | wielożeństwo, poligamia |
| ranska | polygamie |
| ruotsi | polygami, månggifte |
| saksa | Polygamie |
| suomi | polygamia, moniavioisuus |
| tšekki | polygamie, mnohoženství |
| unkari | poligámia, többnejűség |
| venäjä | полигамия (poligamija), многожёнство (mnogožonstvo), многомужество (mnogomužestvo) |
| viro | polügaamia |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
- (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”).
- (zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
- (botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
Esimerkit
- Originally polygamy could work either or both ways, but civilisation generally forbids simultaneous husbands
- Because Mormon polygamy was an unusual family form in nineteenth-century America [...]
- 2008, Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis, p 3
- Muslims and early Mormon communities have been known to practise polygamy.
- 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
- The Islamic form of polygamy is a husband with up to four wives
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