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polyandry

polyandry noun: a form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.

Noun

polyandry (usually uncountable, plural polyandries)

  1. (usually) A form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
  2. (usually) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
  3. (usually) Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or nonhuman, within or without marriage.
  4. (usually) The condition of having many stamens.

polyandry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

polyandry in Hindi

plurality of husbands at the same time
बहुपतित्व bahuptitva

polyandry in Tamil

பல கணவருடைமை, பலமணம் புரிதல்

polyandry in Bengali

একাধিক স্বামী গ্রহণের প্রথা

polyandry in Kannada

ಹಲಗಂಡರಿರುವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
polyandry in Arabic
تَعَدُّد اَلْأَزْوَاج taʕaddud al-ʔazwāj
polyandry in Persian
چندشوهری

Antonyms of polyandry

Forms of polyandry

pluralpolyandries

Origin of polyandry

From poly- + -andry.

Words formed from polyandry

Questions about polyandry

What does polyandry mean?
Polyandry means a form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
What is polyandry in Hindi?
Polyandry in Hindi is बहुपतित्व (bahuptitva). See Polyandry meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is polyandry?
Polyandry is a noun.
What is the plural of polyandry?
The plural of polyandry is polyandries.

Words near polyandry in the dictionary

  1. polyandrogyny
  2. polyandrous
  3. polyandrously
  4. polyandrum
  5. polyandrums
  6. polyandry
  7. polyanethol
  8. polyanethole
  9. polyangiaceous
  10. polyangiitis
  11. polyangitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyandry (page history and authors); polyandry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polyandry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polyandry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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