Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    eingetragene Partnerschaft

    гражда́нский бракgraždánskij brak, гражданское партнёрствоgraždanskoje partnjórstvo

    цивільне партнерствоcyvilʹne partnerstvo

    a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
legal union similar to marriage:
Русский
By meaning 1
legal union similar to marriage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
legal union similar to marriage:

Forms

plural: civil unions
Singularcivil union
Pluralcivil unions

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
similar arrangement in various jurisdictions:domestic partnershipregistered partnershipregistered relationshipsignificant relationship

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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