how to pronounce bigamy

/ˈbɪɡ.ə.mi/

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bigamy is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of bigamy in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the moral anti-bigamy act was passed in …”

meanings of bigamy

noun:

A second marriage after the death of a spouse.
The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

bigamy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bigamy occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.