bigamy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously, bigamy; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman bigamie and Middle French bigamie (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage; marrying a widow or widower”) (modern French bigamie (“bigamy”)), and its etymon Late Latin bigamia (“having two spouses simultaneously; second marriage”), from Late Latin, Latin bigamus (“bigamous”) + -ia (variant of -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Bigamus is derived from bis (“twice, two times”) + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage; matrimony”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”)). The English word is analysable as bi- +‎ -gamy. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡəmi/ Hyphenation: bi‧ga‧my === Noun === bigamy (countable and uncountable, plural bigamies) The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. (ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse. Synonyms: deuterogamy, digamy ==== Alternative forms ==== bigamie (obsolete) ==== Hyponyms ==== biandry bigyny ==== Coordinate terms ==== monogamy (monandry, monogyny) omnigamy polygamy (polyandry, polygyny) ==== Derived terms ==== bigamist ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== polyamory plural marriage === References === === Further reading === bigamy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia