Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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Monogamy
//məˈnɒɡəmi//
Synonyms for "monogamy" (23 found)
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Related words (11)
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3 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- միակնություն noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Belarusian
2 entries- аднашлю́бнасць noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- манага́мія noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Bulgarian
2 entries- еднобра́чие noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- монога́мия noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Catalan
1 entries- monogàmia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 一夫一妻制 noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Esperanto
1 entries- monogamio noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Finnish
2 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- yksiavioisuus noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
French
1 entries- monogamie noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Georgian
2 entries- ერთქორწინება noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- მონოგამია noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
German
1 entries- Monogamie noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Greek
1 entries- μονογαμία noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Gujarati
2 entries- એકપતિત્વ noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- એકપત્નીત્વ noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Hindi
4 entries- एकपतित्व noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- एकपत्नित्व noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- एकविवाह noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- एकसंगमन noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Hungarian
1 entries- monogámia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Irish
2 entries- aonchéileachas noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- monagamas noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Italian
1 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Japanese
1 entries- 一夫一婦制 noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Korean
1 entries- 일부일처제 noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Latin
1 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Macedonian
2 entries- еднобра́чност noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- моногамија noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Māori
1 entries- moe punatahi noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Persian
1 entries- تک همسری, تک جفتی noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Polish
1 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Portuguese
1 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Romanian
1 entries- monogamie noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Russian
2 entries- единобра́чие noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- монога́мия noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- jednožénstvo noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- monogàmija noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Spanish
1 entries- monogamia noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Swedish
2 entries- engifte noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- monogami noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Thai
1 entries- ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Ukrainian
2 entries- монога́мія noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
- одношлю́бність noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Welsh
1 entries- monogami noun (permanent pair bond between two beings)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Do you believe in monogamy?
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I'm curious if monogamy is a natural and healthy condition; I'll look it up on the Internet.
Source: tatoeba (11452540)
Monogamy is overrated.
Source: tatoeba (11476335)
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