Phrase guide

marriage certificate

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An official record indicating that two individuals were legally married on the date of the certificate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 結婚證書 /结婚证书 — document
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結婚證 /结婚证 (jiéhūnzhèng) — document
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結婚證書 /结婚证书 (jiéhūn zhèngshū) — document
  • Czech: oddací list — document
  • Dutch: huwelijksakte — document
  • Finnish: avioliittotodistus — document
  • French: acte de mariage — document
  • French: certificat de mariage — document
  • German: Trauschein — document
  • German: Ehebescheinigung — document
  • German: Eheurkunde — document
  • German: Heiratsschein — document
  • German: Heiratsurkunde — document
  • Indonesian: akta nikah — document
  • Indonesian: akta perkawinan — document
  • Indonesian: buku nikah — document
  • Italian: atto di matrimonio — document
  • Japanese: 結婚証明書 (kekkon-shōmeisho) — document
  • Kazakh: неке куәлігі (neke kuälıgı) — document
  • Khmer: សំបុត្រអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ (sɑmbot aapie-pi’pie) — document
  • Navajo: iigeh binaaltsoos — document
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vigselsattest — document
  • Polish: akt małżeństwa — document
  • Portuguese: certidão de casamento — document
  • Romanian: certificat de căsătorie — document
  • Russian: свиде́тельство о бра́ке (svidételʹstvo o bráke) — document
  • Russian: свиде́тельство о заключе́нии бра́ка (svidételʹstvo o zaključénii bráka) — document
  • Slovak: sobášny list — document
  • Spanish: certificado de matrimonio — document
  • Swedish: vigselbevis — document
  • Thai: ทะเบียนสมรส (tá-biian-sǒm-rót) — document
  • Turkish: evlilik cüzdanı — document
  • Welsh: tystysgrif briodas — document