bigamy

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡəmi/
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From Middle English bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously, bigamy; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman bigamie and Middle French bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) (modern French bigamie (“bigamy”)), and its etymon Late Latin bigamia (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage”), from Late Latin, Latin bigamus (“bigamous”) + -ia (variant of -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Bigamus is derived from bis (“twice, two times”) + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage; matrimony”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”)). The English word is analysable as bi- + -gamy.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج (taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات (taʕaddud az-zawjāt) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Bulgarian: двуженство (dvuženstvo) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Catalan: bigàmia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏁᏗ (adayonedi) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Chinese Mandarin: 重婚 (chónghūn) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Czech: bigamie — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Danish: bigami — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Esperanto: bigamio — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Finnish: bigamia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Finnish: kaksinnaiminen — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• French: bigamie — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Georgian: ბიგამია (bigamia) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Georgian: ორცოლიანობა (orcolianoba) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Georgian: ორქმრიანობა (orkmrianoba) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• German: Bigamie — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• German: Doppelehe — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Greek: διγαμία (digamía) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Irish: biogamacht — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Irish: déchéileachas — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Italian: bigamia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Japanese: 重婚 (jūkon) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Kazakh: екінекелік (ekınekelık) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Korean: 중혼 (junghon) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Latvian: divlaulība — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Macedonian: двобрачност (dvobračnost) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Macedonian: двоженство (dvoženstvo) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Macedonian: бигами́ја (bigamíja) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Malay: bigami — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Māori: moe punarua — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Persian: دو زن داری (dô zan dâri) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Persian: تعدد زوجات (ta'addod-e zowjât) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Polish: bigamia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Polish: dwużeństwo — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Portuguese: bigamia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Romanian: bigamie — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Russian: бигами́я (bigamíja) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Russian: двоежёнство (dvoježónstvo) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chèileachas — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: бига̀мија — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: дво̀же̄нство — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: bigàmija — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: dvòžēnstvo — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Spanish: bigamia — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Swedish: bigami — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Tagalog: bigamiya — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Tagalog: pagdadalawang-asawa — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Ukrainian: бігамі́я (bihamíja) — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Welsh: dwywreigiaeth — state of having two spouses simultaneously
• Bulgarian: втори брак (vtori brak) — second marriage after the death of a spouse
• Catalan: bigàmia — second marriage after the death of a spouse