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polygam

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English

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Noun

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polygam (plural polygams)

  1. (botany) A polygamous plant.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /polyˈɡaːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Adjective

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polygam (strong nominative masculine singular polygamer, not comparable)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam

Declension

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Further reading

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  • polygam” in Duden online
  • polygam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From poly- +‎ -gam. From Ancient Greek.

Adjective

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polygam (neuter polygamt, definite singular and plural polygame)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam
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Swedish

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Adjective

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polygam (not comparable)

  1. polygamous
    Antonym: monogam

Declension

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Inflection of polygam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular polygam
neuter singular polygamt
plural polygama
masculine plural2 polygame
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 polygame
all polygama

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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