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Webster 1913 Edition

Monogamous

Mo-nog′a-mous

,

Adj.

[L.

monogamus

having but one wife, Gr. [GREEK];

μόνοσ

single + [GREEK] marriage.]

1.

Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

2.

(Bot.)

Same as

.

3.

(Zool.)

Mating with but one of the opposite sex; – said of birds and mammals.

Webster 1828 Edition

Monogamous

MONOG'AMOUS

,

Adj.

Having one wife only and not permitted to marry a second.

Definition 2024

monogamous

monogamous

English

Adjective

monogamous ‎(not comparable)

Being married to one person at a time.
(zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.
(botany) monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Related terms

monogamy

Translations

being married to one person at a time

Catalan: monògam
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一夫一妻 (zh) ‎(yī fū yī qī), 一夫一妻制 (zh) ‎(yī fū yī qī zhì)
Finnish: yksiavioinen (fi)
French: monogame (fr)
German: monogam
Hungarian: monogám, egynejű
Icelandic: einkvænis-, (adhering to monogamy) sem aðhyllist einkvæni

Irish: aonchéileach
Italian: monogamo
Japanese: 一夫一婦の ‎(ippuippu no)
Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m
Russian: монога́мный (ru) ‎(monogámnyj)
Spanish: monógamo
Swedish: monogam (sv)
Thai: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว ‎(pǔua-diao-miia-diao)
Turkish: tekeşli (tr)

having only one sexual partner at a time

Catalan: monògam
German: monogam
Hungarian: monogám

Irish: aonchéileach
Portuguese: monógamo (pt) m

See also

polygamous