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

Afrikaans: burgerlike verbintenis
Asturian: xunión civil f
Basque: batasun zibil, izatezko bikote
Breton: emglev keodedel a gengred m
Bulgarian: граждански съюз m (graždanski sǎjuz)
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
Czech: registrované partnerství n
Dutch: geregistreerd partnerschap n
Esperanto: registrita partnereco
Finnish: siviiliavioliitto, rekisteröity parisuhde (fi)
French: union civile (fr) f, pacte civil de solidarité (fr) m, partenariat enregistré f
Galician: unión civil (gl) f
German: eingetragene Partnerschaft f
Hawaiian: uniona kīwila
Indonesian: persatuan sipil
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
Mirandese: ounion de fato f
Norman: parchonn'nie civile f (Jersey)
Norwegian: registrert partnerskap
Occitan: union civila f
Papiamentu: union civil
Polish: rejestrowany związek partnerski m
Portuguese: união civil f, união de facto f (Portugal), união estável f (Brazil)
Russian: гражда́нский брак (ru) m (graždánskij brak), гражданское партнёрство n (graždanskoje partnjórstvo)
Slovak: registrované partnerstvo n
Spanish: unión civil f, unión de hecho f, pareja de hecho f
Swedish: registrerat partnerskap
Tahitian: faʻaauraʻa autaeaʻeraʻa
Turkish: medeni birliktelik
Ukrainian: цивільне партнерство n (cyvilʹne partnerstvo)
Vietnamese: kết hợp dân sự
Welsh: uniad sifil m

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