polyandry

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -andry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

polyandry (usually uncountable, plural polyandries)

1. 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.
2. (zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
3. Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.

Antonyms

• monandry
• (antonym(s) of “with respect to number”): monogamy
• (antonym(s) of “with respect to gender”): polygyny

Hypernyms

• polygamy

Coordinate terms

• bigamy

Related terms

• polyandrist

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
• 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)
• 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

See also

• concubine
• seraglio
• harem