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A state of marriage, or legal recognition similar to that of marriage, enjoyed by a couple who have not undergone an official marriage ceremony, but instead based on the duration of cohabitation or other practical characteristics of the relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, mop marriage
Antonyms: none provided
a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
vətəndaş nikahı
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Chinese Mandarin:
普通法婚姻
(pǔtōngfǎ hūnyīn)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Chinese Mandarin:
事實婚姻 /事实婚姻
(shìshí hūnyīn)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Chinese Mandarin:
事實婚 /事实婚
(shìshíhūn)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Dutch:
concubinaat
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Finnish:
avoliitto
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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French:
mariage de droit commun
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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German:
eheähnliche Gemeinschaft
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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German:
Ehe ohne Trauschein
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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German:
Konsensehe
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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German:
wilde Ehe
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Hungarian:
élettársi viszony/kapcsolat
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Hungarian:
együttélés
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Hungarian:
vadházasság
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Japanese:
事実婚
(jijitsukon)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Korean:
사실혼
(sasilhon)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Norwegian Bokmål:
samboerskap
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sambuerskap
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sambuarskap
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Polish:
niezalegalizowane małżeństwo
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Russian:
гражда́нский брак
(graždánskij brak)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Russian:
сожи́тельство
(sožítelʹstvo)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Russian:
факти́ческий брак
(faktíčeskij brak)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Russian:
незарегистри́рованный брак
(nezaregistrírovannyj brak)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Russian:
неформа́льный брак
(neformálʹnyj brak)
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
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Spanish:
unión de hecho
— a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
