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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume
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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Section | English 502 |
Arabic 502 |
German 502 |
Spanish 502 |
Finnish 502 |
French 502 |
Italian 502 |
Polish 502 |
Portuguese 502 |
Russian 502 |
502-1 | marriage laws | قوانين الزواج (قانون) | Ehegesetzgebung | legislación matrimonial | avioliittolainsäädäntö | législation matrimoniale | legislazione matrimoniale | prawo małżeńskie | LEIS matrimoniais | Брачное законодательство |
502-2 | marriage customs | عادات الزواج (عادة) | Ehegebräuche —Heiratssitten |
costumbres matrimoniales | avioliittotapa | coutume matrimoniale | costume matrimoniale —usanza matrimoniale |
zwyczaje małżeńskie | COSTUME matrimonial | Обычаи, относящиеся к браку |
502-3 | monogamous | وحدانية الزوج و الزوجة (زوج) | monogam | monógamo, a | monogaaminen | monogame | monogamo | monogamiczne (społeczeństwo) | MONOGÁMICO | Моногамия —Единобрачие |
502-4 | polygamous | تعدد الأزواج و الزوجات (زوج) | polygam, Adj.., | polígamo (adj. u.t.c.s.) | polygaaminen | polygame | poligamo | poligamiczne (społeczeństwo) | POLIGÂMICO | Полигамия —Многобрачие |
502-5 | polyandrous | تعدد الأزواج للزوجة (زوج) | polyandrisch | poliandra | polyandrinen | polyandre | poliandro | poliandryczne (społeczeństwo) | POLIÂNDRICO | Многомужество —Многомужие |
502-6 | polygynous | تعدد الزوجات للرجل (رجل) | polygyn | políginas | polygyyninen | polygyne | poligino | poligyniczne (społeczeństwo) | POLÍGINO | Многоженство |
Marriage laws 1 or marriage customs 2 differ in different societies. A person who is married to only one person at a time is called monogamous 3. A person who is married to several persons simultaneously is called polygamous 4. A distinction is made between polyandrous 5 societies, where a woman may have several husbands, and polygynous 6 societies, where a man may have several wives. The term "polygamy" is frequently used in the sense of polygyny.
- 3. Monogamous, adj. - monogamy, n.
- 4. Polygamous, adj. - polygamy, n.
- 5. Polyandrous, adj. - polyandry, n.
- 6. Polygynous, adj. - polygyny, n.
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