Phrase guide

marital rape

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The rape of one's own spouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ամուսնական բռնաբարություն (amusnakan bṙnabarutʻyun) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Bengali: বৈবাহিক ধর্ষণ (baibāhika dharṣaṇa) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Dutch: verkrachting binnen het huwelijk — rape by an intimate partner
  • Finnish: raiskaus avioliitossa — rape by an intimate partner
  • Finnish: avioliitossa tapahtuva raiskaus — rape by an intimate partner
  • French: viol conjugal — rape by an intimate partner
  • German: Vergewaltigung in der Ehe — rape by an intimate partner
  • Hindi: वैवाहिक बलात्कार (vaivāhik balātkār) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Japanese: 夫婦間レイプ (fūfukan reipu) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Polish: gwałt małżeński — rape by an intimate partner
  • Portuguese: violação conjugal — rape by an intimate partner
  • Russian: изнаси́лование в бра́ке (iznasílovanije v bráke) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Russian: супру́жеское изнаси́лование (suprúžeskoje iznasílovanije) — rape by an intimate partner
  • Spanish: violación marital — rape by an intimate partner
  • Spanish: violación conyugal — rape by an intimate partner
  • Turkish: evlilik içi tecavüz — rape by an intimate partner