Definition
A person who is married to two people at the same time (archaic form of bigamist).
Etymology
From Old French 'bigame', derived from Medieval Latin 'bigamus', which combines 'bi-' (twice) and Greek 'gamos' (marriage). This is an older form that's rarely used today.
Kelly Says
This archaic term shows how English has slowly shifted its terminology—we used to say 'bigam' but now 'bigamist' is standard, reflecting how languages naturally update their word forms over centuries.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ተከራራቢ ሆኖ
təkəraraːbi hoːno
ARالعربية
تعدد الزوجات
taʿaddud az-zawjāt
BNবাংলা
দ্বি-বিবাহ
dubi-bibāh
CACatalà
bigàmia
biˈɣamia
CSČeština
bigamie
bɪɡamɪɛ
DEDeutsch
Bigamie
bɪˈɡaːmi̯ə
ELΕλληνικά
δίγαμος
ðíɣamos
ESEspañol
bigamia
biˈɣamja
FAفارسی
دو همسری
do hamsari
FISuomi
kaksoisavioliitto
kaksoisavioliitto
FRFrançais
bigamie
biɡami
HAHA
auren biyu
auren biyu
HEעברית
נישואים כפולים
nishuim kfulim
HIहिन्दी
द्विविवाह
dvivivāh
HUMagyar
bigámia
biɡaːmiɒ
IDBahasa Indonesia
poligami
poligami
IGIG
alụmdi abụọ
alụmdi abụọ
ITItaliano
bigamia
biˈɡaːmja
KKKK
екіңдің кұрбы
jekıñdıñ kurby
MSBahasa Melayu
poligami
poligami
MYမြန်မာ
နှစ်ဆယ့်ရာ့ချစ်ခြင်း
hnit hsay rha.chit hkyang
NLNederlands
bigamie
biˈɣaːmi
PLPolski
bigamia
biɡaˈmja
PTPortuguês
bigamia
biˈɡɐmiɐ
RORomână
bigamie
biɡaˈmi.e
RUРусский
бигамия
bɪɡɐˈmʲɪjə
SVSvenska
bigami
biˈɡaːmi
SWKiswahili
ndoa nyingi
ndoa nyingi
TEతెలుగు
ద్వివివాహం
dvivivāhaṁ
THไทย
การสมรสหลายครั้ง
kār sōm rāt sāi khrāng
TRTürkçe
iki evlilik
iki evlilik
UKУкраїнська
бігамія
bɪɡɐˈmʲiɐ
URاردو
دو شادیاں
do shaadiyaan
VITiếng Việt
đa thê
ʔɗa˧˦ tʰe˧˧
YOYO
ìgbéyàwó méjì
ìgbéyàwó méjì
ZUZU
ukuthomba kwabili
ukuthomba kwabili