Cohabitation is either easy or impossible.
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Cohabitation
//koʊhæbɪˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "cohabitation" (102 found)
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Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
marriage bedmarriage sacramentmatchmatingmatrimonial unionmatrimonymeatmesalliancemisalliancemiscegenationmixed marriagenestingnuptial bondoccupancyoccupationonanismorgasmovumpareuniaprocreation
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relationsresidenceresidencyresidingsacrament of matrimonyscrewingsexsex actsexual climaxsexual commercesexual congresssexual intercoursesexual relationssexual unionsleeping withsojourningspermspousehoodsquattingstayingstaying overstoppingtenancyunionvenerywedded blisswedded stateweddednesswedding knotwedlockwifehood
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7 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسَاكَنَة noun (act of living together)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съжителство noun (act of living together)
Burmese
1 entries- သံဝါသ noun (intimate relationship)
Catalan
3 entries- cohabitació noun ((politics) cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties)
- contuberni noun (act of living together)
- convivència noun (act of living together)
Czech
2 entries- soužití noun (act of living together)
- spolužití noun (act of living together)
Danish
2 entries- papirløst ægteskab noun (intimate relationship)
- samliv noun (act of living together)
Finnish
3 entries- avoliitto noun (intimate relationship)
- yhteisasuminen noun (act of living together)
- yhteisasunto noun (place where people cohabit)
French
2 entries- cohabitation noun (intimate relationship)
- cohabitation noun (act of living together)
Georgian
3 entries- თანაცხოვრება noun (act of living together)
- კოაბიტაცია noun (act of living together)
- კოჰაბიტაცია noun (act of living together)
German
3 entries- Kohabitation noun (intimate relationship)
- Kohabitation noun ((politics) cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties)
- wilde Ehe noun (intimate relationship)
Hindi
1 entries- सहवास noun (intimate relationship)
Hungarian
3 entries- együttélés noun (act of living together)
- élettársi kapcsolat noun (intimate relationship)
- élettársi viszony noun (intimate relationship)
Indonesian
3 entries- kohabitasi noun (intimate relationship)
- kohabitasi noun (act of living together)
- kohabitasi noun ((politics) cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties)
Irish
4 entries- aontíos noun (act of living together)
- céileachas noun (intimate relationship)
- céileachas noun (act of living together)
- gnás noun (act of living together)
Italian
1 entries- concubinato noun (act of living together)
Japanese
1 entries- 同棲 noun (act of living together)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- samboerskap noun (intimate relationship)
- samboerskap noun (act of living together)
Pali
1 entries- saṅvāsa noun (intimate relationship)
Polish
3 entries- kohabitacja noun (act of living together)
- kohabitacja noun ((politics) cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties)
- życie na kocią łapę noun (intimate relationship)
Russian
3 entries- совме́стное прожива́ние noun (act of living together)
- сожи́тельство noun (intimate relationship)
- сожи́тельство noun (act of living together)
Slovak
4 entries- kohabitácia noun (act of living together)
- spolubytie noun (act of living together)
- spolužitie noun (act of living together)
- súžitie noun (act of living together)
Spanish
3 entries- amancebamiento noun (act of living together)
- arreglo noun (act of living together)
- cohabitación noun (act of living together)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
As far as cohabitation is concerned, obviously gay couples have to have the right to this too.
Source: tatoeba (9464233)
For whether it's about marriage or about unmarried cohabitation, the institution of marriage resulted from the need to protect the children and the woman, and to ensure the reproduction and perpetuation of the species.
Source: tatoeba (9705014)
At the same time, it was found that while men tended to soften with time and cohabitation, women become increasingly aggressive.
Source: tatoeba (9936629)
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