polygyny

Meaning of polygyny

noun

polygamy in which a man has more than one wife.

late 18th century: from poly- ‘many’ + Greek gunē ‘woman’.

Information about polygyny

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of polygyny is: polygynies.
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Hyphenation of polygyny

polyg-yny

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • polygyny is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of polygyny

Words that rhyme with polygyny

gyny, epigyny, perigyny, androgyny, ergatogyny, hologyny, hypogyny, misogyny, monogyny, philogyny, proterogyny, protogyny, pseudogyny

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