We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent.
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Polygyny
//pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni//
Synonyms for "polygyny" (4 found)
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42 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَدُّد اَلزَّوْجَات noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Armenian
1 entries- բազմակնություն noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Belarusian
1 entries- многажо́нства noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 一夫多妻 noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- 一夫多妻制 noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Dutch
2 entries- polygynie noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- veelwijverij noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Esperanto
1 entries- poligamio noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Finnish
2 entries- monivaimoisuus noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- polygynia noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
French
1 entries- polygynie noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Georgian
2 entries- მრავალცოლიანობა noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- პოლიგინია noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
German
1 entries- Polygynie noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Gujarati
2 entries- બહુપત્નીકત્વ noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- બહુપત્નીત્વ noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Hindi
1 entries- बहुपत्नीत्व noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Hungarian
1 entries- többnejűség noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Irish
2 entries- il-leannántacht noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- polaigíneas noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Japanese
1 entries- 一夫多妻 noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Lithuanian
2 entries- daugpatystė noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- poliginija noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Macedonian
2 entries- многуже́нство noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- полигинија noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Māori
2 entries- moe punarau noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- tāne moe tokomaha noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Polish
1 entries- poligynia noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Portuguese
1 entries- poliginia noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Russian
2 entries- многожёнство noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- полигини́я noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mnogožénstvo noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- poligìnija noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- višeženstvo noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
- вишеженство noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Spanish
1 entries- poliginia noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Swedish
1 entries- polygyni noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Telugu
1 entries- బహుభార్యాత్వము noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Ukrainian
1 entries- багатоже́нство noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
Welsh
1 entries- amlwreiciaeth noun (plurality of wives at the same time)
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