Phrase guide

marriage agency

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A business that endeavors to introduce men and women for the purpose of marriage, dating or penpals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marriage bureau

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَكَالَة زَوَاج (wakālat zawāj) — business
  • Armenian: ամուսնական գործակալություն (amusnakan gorcakalutʻyun) — business
  • Belarusian: шлю́бнае аге́нцтва (šljúbnaje ahjénctva) — business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 婚姻介紹所 /婚姻介绍所 (hūnyīn jièshàosuǒ) — business
  • Danish: ægteskab agentur — business
  • Finnish: avioliittovälittäjä — business
  • French: agence de mariage — business
  • Georgian: ქორწინების სახლი (korc̣inebis saxli) — business
  • German: Heiratagentur — business
  • German: Heiratsbüro — business
  • German: Ehevermittlung — business
  • German: Partnervermittlung — business
  • Hebrew: משרד שידוכים (misrád shidukhím) — business
  • Hindi: शादी एजेंसी (śādī ejensī) — business
  • Japanese: 結婚相談所 (kekkon sōdansho) — business
  • Khmer: ភ្នាក់ងារអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ (pneak ngie aa pie pi’pie) — business
  • Korean: 결혼 대행사 (gyeolhon daehaengsa) — business
  • Norwegian: ekteskap byrå — business
  • Persian: آژانس ازدواج (âžâns ezdevâj) — business
  • Polish: agencja małżeństwa — business
  • Portuguese: agência de casamento — business
  • Russian: бра́чное аге́нтство (bráčnoje agéntstvo) — business
  • Russian: бра́чная конто́ра (bráčnaja kontóra) — business
  • Spanish: agencia matrimonial — business
  • Swedish: äktenskapsbyrå — business
  • Thai: หน่วยงานสมรส (nùay ngaan sŏm rót) — business
  • Ukrainian: шлю́бне аге́нтство (šljúbne ahéntstvo) — business
  • Urdu: شادی ایجنسی (śādī ejensī) — business
  • Vietnamese: cơ quan hôn nhân — business