-gamy

See also: gamy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɡəmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Suffix

-gamy

1. Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
2. (biology) Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gamy

• agamy
• allogamy
• anisogamy
• apogamy
• autogamy
• chalazogamy
• chasmogamy
• cleistogamy
• deuterogamy
• dichogamy
• digamy
• endogamy
• epigamy
• exogamy
• geitonogamy
• hercogamy
• heterogamy
• karyogamy
• misogamy
• mixogamy
• monogamy
• oogamy
• orgamy
• pangamy
• pantagamy
• paragamy
• plasmogamy
• plastogamy
• polygamy
• porogamy
• schizogamy
• syngamy
• tetragamy
• theogamy

 

Related terms

• -game
• -gamous

Translations

describing forms of marriage

• Finnish: -avioisuus (fi)
• French: -gamie (fr) f
• Hungarian: -gámia
• Irish: -gamacht f
• Italian: -gamia f
• Polish: -gamia (pl)
• Portuguese: -gamia (pt) f
• Spanish: -gamia (es) f