monogamy

English

Etymology

From French monogamie, from Late Latin monogamia, from Ancient Greek μονογαμία (monogamía). Synchronically, mono- +‎ -gamy.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑɡəmi/

Noun

monogamy (countable and uncountable, plural monogamies)

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.
Antonym: polygamy
The practise of being married to one person as opposed to multiple.
Antonym: polygamy

Derived terms

supermonogamy

Translations

permanent pair bond between two beings

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: միակնություն (hy) (miaknutʿyun)
Catalan: monogàmia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一夫一妻制 (zh) (yī fū yī qī zhì)
Esperanto: monogamio
Finnish: monogamia (fi), yksiavioisuus (fi)
French: monogamie (fr) f
German: Monogamie (de) f
Greek: μονογαμία (el) f (monogamía)
Irish: aonchéileachas m, monagamas m
Japanese: 一夫一婦 (いっぷいっぷせい, ippuippu sei)

Korean: 일부일처제 (ilbuilcheoje), 一夫一妻制
Latin: monogamia f
Macedonian: еднобрачност f (ednobráčnost), моногамија f (monogámija)
Polish: monogamia (pl) f
Portuguese: monogamia (pt) f
Romanian: monogamie (ro) f
Russian: монога́мия (ru) f (monogámija)
Serbo-Croatian: jednožénstvo (sh) n, monogàmija (sh) f
Spanish: monogamia (es) f
Swedish: monogami (sv) c, engifte (sv) n
Thai: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว (pǔua-diao-miia-diao)
Welsh: monogami m

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