civil partnership
civil partnership · civil partnerships
цивільне партнерство
гражданский брак, гражданское партнёрство
eingetragene Partnerschaft
A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions…A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, may form, which affords rights and responsibilities similar or identical to those afforded by civil marriage.
» We're two gay men in a civil partnership.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, may form, which affords rights and responsibilities similar or identical to those afforded by civil marriage.
eingetragene Partnerschaft
циві́льне партне́рствоcyvílʹne partnérstvo
Examples
2 sentencesWe're two gay men in a civil partnership.
A civil partnership is not the same as a marriage.
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
arrangement for same-sex couples:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
arrangement for same-sex couples:
Forms
plural: civil partnerships| Singular | civil partnership |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymssimilar arrangements in various jurisdictions:civil uniondomestic partnershipregistered partnership
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable