English-Thai Dictionary
polygamy
N การ มี สามี หรือ ภรรยา หลาย คน ในขณะเดียวกัน polyandry polygyny plural marriage kan-me-sa-me-pan-ra-ya-lai-kon-nai-we-la-diao-kan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POLYGAMY
n.[Gr. many, and marriage. ] A plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; or the having of such plurality. When a man has more wives than one, or a woman more husbands than one, at the same time, the offender is punishable for polygamy. Such is the fact in christian countries. But polygamy is allowed in some countries, as in Turkey.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLYGAMY
Po *lyg "a *my, n. Etym: [Gr. polygamie. ]
1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The state or habit of having more than one mate.
3. (Bot. )
Defn: The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
New American Oxford Dictionary
polygamy
po lyg a my |pəˈligəmē pəˈlɪɡəmi | ▶noun 1 the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. • Zoology a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate. 2 Botany the condition of bearing some male, some female, and sometimes some perfect flowers on the same plant. DERIVATIVES po lyg a mist |-mist |noun polygamy ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos ‘often marrying. ’
Oxford Dictionary
polygamy
pol ¦yg |amy |pəˈlɪgəmi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. • Zoology a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate. • Botany the condition of bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, and some with both, on the same or different plants. DERIVATIVES polygamist noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos ‘often marrying ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
polygamy
po lyg a my /pəlɪ́ɡəmi /名詞 U 1 複婚制 〘一夫多妻または ｟まれ ｠一妻多夫; →monogamy , bigamy , polyandry 〙.2 〘植 〙雌雄混株 (性 ).po l ý g a mist 名詞 C 一夫多妻 (主義 )者 .
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