polygynous

Describes a social or mating system in which a male has multiple female partners.

• 🌐يصف نظامًا اجتماعيًا أو زواجيًا يكون فيه الذكر أو الرجل له أكثر من زوجة أو شريكة أنثى.

1. Having multiple wives C1 formal

   Relating to or characterized by the practice of having more than one wife at the same time.

   • Polygynous marriages were historically common in some societies.
   • The anthropologist studied a polygynous community in Africa.
   • In a polygynous family, the husband has multiple wives.

   🌐متعدد الزوجات

   المرادفات: polygamous

   الأضداد: monogamous

• more polygynous comparative form
• most polygynous superlative form