English-Thai Dictionary
monogamy
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MONOGAMY
n.[supra. ] The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MONOGAMY
Mo *nog "a *my, n. Etym: [L. monogamia, Gr. monogamie. ]
1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: State of being paired with a single mate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
monogamy
mo nog a my |məˈnägəmē məˈnɑɡəmi | ▶noun the practice or state of being married to one person at a time. • the practice or state of having a sexual relationship with only one partner. • Zoology the habit of having only one mate at a time. DERIVATIVES mo nog a mist |-mist |noun, mo nog a mous |-məs |adjective, mo nog a mous ly |-məslē |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French monogamie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek monogamia, from monos ‘single ’ + gamos ‘marriage. ’
Oxford Dictionary
monogamy
monogamy |məˈnɒgəmi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at a time. • the practice or state of having a sexual relationship with only one partner. • Zoology the habit of having only one mate at a time. DERIVATIVES monogamist noun, monogamous adjective, monogamously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French monogamie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek monogamia, from monos ‘single ’ + gamos ‘marriage ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
monogamy
mo nog a my /mənɑ́ɡəmi |-nɔ́ɡ -/名詞 U 一夫一婦制 (→bigamy , polygamy ); 〘動 〙一雌一雄 (の習性 ).
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