polygyny

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• /pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
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From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات (taʕaddud az-zawjāt) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Armenian: բազմակնություն (bazmaknutʻyun) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Azerbaijani: çoxarvadlılıq — plurality of wives at the same time
• Belarusian: многажо́нства (mnohažónstva) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一夫多妻 (yīfūduōqī) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一夫多妻制 (yīfūduōqīzhì) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Dutch: veelwijverij — plurality of wives at the same time
• Dutch: polygynie — plurality of wives at the same time
• Esperanto: poligamio — plurality of wives at the same time
• Finnish: monivaimoisuus — plurality of wives at the same time
• Finnish: polygynia — plurality of wives at the same time
• French: polygynie — plurality of wives at the same time
• Georgian: მრავალცოლიანობა (mravalcolianoba) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Georgian: პოლიგინია (ṗoliginia) — plurality of wives at the same time
• German: Polygynie — plurality of wives at the same time
• Gujarati: બહુપત્નીત્વ (bahupatnītva) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Gujarati: બહુપત્નીકત્વ (bahupatnīkatva) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Hindi: बहुपत्नीत्व (bahupatnītva) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Hungarian: többnejűség — plurality of wives at the same time
• Irish: polaigíneas — plurality of wives at the same time
• Irish: il-leannántacht — plurality of wives at the same time
• Japanese: 一夫多妻 (ippu-tasai) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Lithuanian: poliginija — plurality of wives at the same time
• Lithuanian: daugpatystė — plurality of wives at the same time
• Macedonian: многуже́нство (mnogužénstvo) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Macedonian: полигинија (poliginija) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Māori: tāne moe tokomaha — plurality of wives at the same time
• Māori: moe punarau — plurality of wives at the same time
• Polish: poligynia — plurality of wives at the same time
• Portuguese: poliginia — plurality of wives at the same time
• Russian: многожёнство (mnogožónstvo) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Russian: полигини́я (poliginíja) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: многоже́нство — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: вишеженство — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: полигѝнија — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: mnogožénstvo — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: višeženstvo — plurality of wives at the same time
• Serbo-Croatian: poligìnija — plurality of wives at the same time
• Spanish: poliginia — plurality of wives at the same time
• Swedish: polygyni — plurality of wives at the same time
• Telugu: బహుభార్యాత్వము (bahubhāryātvamu) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Ukrainian: багатоже́нство (bahatožénstvo) — plurality of wives at the same time
• Welsh: amlwreiciaeth — plurality of wives at the same time