一夫多妻

Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
 husband; man
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
 wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (一夫多妻) 一 夫 多 妻
simp. #(一夫多妻) 一 夫 多 妻
anagram 一妻多夫

Pronunciation

Noun

一夫多妻

  1. polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一 夫 多 妻
いち > いっ
Grade: 1 		ふ > ぷ
Grade: 4 		た
Grade: 2 		さい
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

一夫 (ippu, “one husband”) +‎ 多妻 (tasai, “multiple wives”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いっぷたさい [íꜜppù tàsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
  • IPA(key): [ip̚pɯ̟̊ ta̠sa̠i]

Noun

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい) • (ippu tasai) 

  1. polygyny (plurality of wives at the same time)
    Antonym: 一妻多夫 (issai tafu)
    Hypernyms: 複婚 (fukukon), ポリガミー (porigamī)
    Coordinate term: 一雄多雌 (ichiyū tashi)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
一夫多妻

Noun

一夫多妻 • (ilbudacheo) (hangeul 일부다처)

  1. hanja form? of 일부다처
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