prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Of parents not legally married.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Some children are born out of wedlock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
out of wedlock
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adverb
Meaning 2
of unwed parents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was born out of wedlock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outside marriage
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
of biological parents not married to each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this child was born illegitimately
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: illegitimately
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: tiketgge — of parents not legally married
- Czech: za svobodna — of parents not legally married
- Dutch: buitenechtelijk — of parents not legally married
- Finnish: avioliiton ulkopuolella — of parents not legally married
- French: hors mariage — of parents not legally married
- German: außerehelich — of parents not legally married
- Hungarian: házasságon kívül — of parents not legally married
- Hungarian: házasságon kívüli — of parents not legally married
- Hungarian: zabigyerek — of parents not legally married
- Polish: pozamałżeński — of parents not legally married
- Polish: z nieprawego łoża — of parents not legally married
- Romanian: născut din flori — of parents not legally married
- Russian: незаконнорожденный (nezakonnoroždennyj) — of parents not legally married
- Spanish: fuera del matrimonio — of parents not legally married
- Thai: นอกสมรส (nɔ̂ɔk-sǒm-rót) — of parents not legally married