monogamy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈnɒɡəmi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑɡəmi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

monogamy (countable and uncountable, plural monogamies)

1. A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

   Coordinate terms: polygamy, agamy

2. The practice of being married to one person as opposed to multiple.

   Coordinate term: polygamy

Derived terms

• serial monogamy
• supermonogamy

Translations

permanent pair bond between two beings

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: միակնություն (hy) (miaknutʻyun)
• Belarusian: манага́мія f (manahámija), аднашлю́бнасць f (adnašljúbnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: монога́мия f (monogámija), еднобра́чие n (ednobráčie)
• Catalan: monogàmia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一夫一妻制 (zh) (yīfūyīqīzhì)

• Esperanto: monogamio
• Finnish: monogamia (fi), yksiavioisuus (fi)
• French: monogamie (fr) f
• Georgian: მონოგამია (monogamia), ერთქორწინება (ertkorc̣ineba)
• German: Monogamie (de) f
• Greek: μονογαμία (el) f (monogamía)
• Hindi: एकविवाह (ekvivāh), एकसंगमन (eksaṅgman), एकपत्‍नित्व (ekpat‍nitva), एकपतित्व (ekaptitva)
• Irish: aonchéileachas m, monagamas m
• Japanese: 一夫一婦制 (いっぷいっぷせい, ippuippusei)
• Korean: 일부일처제(一夫一妻制) (ilbu'ilcheoje)
• Latin: monogamia f
• Macedonian: еднобра́чност f (ednobráčnost), моногамија f (monogamija)
• Maori: moe punatahi
• Persian: تک همسری, تک جفتی
• Polish: monogamia (pl) f
• Portuguese: monogamia (pt) f
• Romanian: monogamie (ro) f
• Russian: монога́мия (ru) f (monogámija), единобра́чие (ru) n (jedinobráčije)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: монога́мія (uk) f (monohámija), одношлю́бність f (odnošljúbnistʹ)
• Welsh: monogami m