civil union

English

Noun

civil union (plural civil unions)

A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.

Synonyms

(similar arrangement in various jurisdictions): civil union (several states in the U.S.), domestic partnership (several states in the U.S.), registered partnership (California), registered relationship (Victoria, Australia), significant relationship (Tasmania, Australia)

Translations

legal union similar to marriage

Asturian: xunión civil f
Catalan: unió estable de parella f, unió civil f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民事結合, 民事结合 (mínshì jiéhé), 公民結合, 公民结合 (gōngmín jiéhé)
Classical Nahuatl: nemekatilistli
Finnish: siviiliavioliitto, rekisteröity parisuhde (fi)
French: union civile (fr) f
Galician: unión civil f
German: eingetragene Partnerschaft f

Hawaiian: uniona kīwila
Irish: cumann sibhialta m
Italian: unione civile (it) f
Japanese: 市民の結合 (しみんのけつごう, shimin no ketsugō)
Maltese: unjoni ċivili f
Norman: parchonn'nie civile f (Jersey)
Portuguese: união civil f
Russian: гражда́нский брак (ru) m (graždánskij brak)
Spanish: unión civil f
Welsh: uniad sifil m

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