English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. English polygamist
From polygamy + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
polygamist (plural polygamists)
- One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
Hypernyms
Translations
one who practices polygamy
- Belarusian: шматжэ́нец m (šmatžénjec), мнагажэ́нец m (mnahažénjec)
- Catalan: polígam m
- French: polygame (fr) m or f, polygamite (fr) m
- Georgian: პოლიგამისტი (ṗoligamisṭi), მრავალცოლიანი (mravalcoliani) (having many wives), მრავალქმრიანი (mravalkmriani) (having many husbands)
- German: Polygamist (de) m, Polygamistin (de) f
- Manx: yl-phooseyder m
- Polish: poligamista (pl) m, wielożeniec (pl) m
- Russian: многоже́нец (ru) m (mnogožénec) (one with more than one wife)
- Spanish: polígamo (es) m
- Ukrainian: багатоже́нець (uk) m (bahatožénecʹ)
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