English
Etymology
From poly- + -andry.
Pronunciation
Noun
polyandry (usually uncountable, plural polyandries)
- The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
- Antonyms: monandry; monogyny; monogamy; polygyny
- Hypernym: polygamy
- Coordinate terms: oligandry; bigamy; oligogyny
- (zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
- Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.
- (botany) The condition of having many stamens.
Translations
plurality of husbands at the same time
- Arabic: تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج m (taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj)
- Belarusian: многаму́ства n (mnohamústva)
- Catalan: poliàndria f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一妻多夫 (zh) (yīqīduōfū), 一妻多夫制 (yīqīduōfūzhì)
- Czech: mnohomužství n
- Dutch: veelmannerij (nl) f, polyandrie (nl) f
- Esperanto: poliandrio
- Estonian: polüandria (et), mitmemehepidamine (et)
- Finnish: polyandria (fi), monimiehisyys (fi)
- French: polyandrie (fr)
- Georgian: მრავალქმრიანობა (mravalkmrianoba), პოლიანდრია (ṗoliandria)
- German: Polyandrie (de) f, Vielmännerei (de) f
- Greek: πολύανδρος (el) f (polýandros)
- Hindi: बहुपतित्व (bahuptitva)
- Ido: poliandreso (io) (act), poliandro (io)
- Irish: polandras m
- Italian: poliandria (it) f
- Japanese: 一妻多夫制 (いっさいたふせい, issai-tafu), ポリアンドリー (poriandorī)
- Lithuanian: poliandrija f, daugvyrystė f
- Macedonian: многума́штво n (mnogumáštvo), полиандрија f (poliandrija)
- Maori: wahine moe tokomaha
- Persian: چندشوهری
- Polish: poliandria (pl) f
- Portuguese: poliandria (pt) f
- Russian: полиа́ндрия (ru) f (poliándrija), многому́жество (ru) n (mnogomúžestvo)
- Serbo-Croatian: mnogomuštvo (sh) n, poliàndrija (sh) f
- Spanish: poliandria f
- Swedish: polyandri (sv) c
- Ukrainian: багатому́жжя (uk) n (bahatomúžžja)
- Welsh: amlwriaeth f
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