Bigamy is when you have one wife too many.
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Bigamy
//ˈbɪɡəmi//
Synonyms for "bigamy" (24 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Bulgarian
2 entries- втори брак noun (second marriage after the death of a spouse)
- двуженство noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Catalan
2 entries- bigàmia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- bigàmia noun (second marriage after the death of a spouse)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᏲᏁᏗ noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 重婚 noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Czech
1 entries- bigamie noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Danish
1 entries- bigami noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Esperanto
1 entries- bigamio noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Finnish
2 entries- bigamia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- kaksinnaiminen noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
French
1 entries- bigamie noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Georgian
3 entries- ბიგამია noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- ორქმრიანობა noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- ორცოლიანობა noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
German
2 entries- Bigamie noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- Doppelehe noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Greek
1 entries- διγαμία noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Irish
2 entries- biogamacht noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- déchéileachas noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Italian
1 entries- bigamia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Japanese
1 entries- 重婚 noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Kazakh
1 entries- екінекелік noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Korean
1 entries- 중혼 noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Latvian
1 entries- divlaulība noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Macedonian
3 entries- бигами́ја noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- двобрачност noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- двоженство noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Malay
1 entries- bigami noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Māori
1 entries- moe punarua noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Persian
2 entries- تعدد زوجات noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- دو زن داری noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Polish
2 entries- bigamia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- dwużeństwo noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Portuguese
1 entries- bigamia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Romanian
1 entries- bigamie noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Russian
2 entries- бигами́я noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- двоежёнство noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dà-chèileachas noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bigàmija noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- dvòžēnstvo noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- бига̀мија noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- дво̀же̄нство noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Spanish
1 entries- bigamia noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Swedish
1 entries- bigami noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Tagalog
2 entries- bigamiya noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
- pagdadalawang-asawa noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бігамі́я noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Welsh
1 entries- dwywreigiaeth noun (state of having two spouses simultaneously)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Bigamy is having one wife too many.
Source: tatoeba (1444973)
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
Source: tatoeba (1786901)
Is bigamy a crime in Australia?
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