These days, the motives for marriage are not necessarily pure.
Source: tatoeba (18708)
Marriage
//ˈmæɹ.ɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "marriage" (162 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (81)
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Translations
505 translations across 160 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- huwelik noun (state of being married)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔾𐔰𐕝𐕄𐕒 noun (state of being married)
Albanian
2 entries- dasmë noun (wedding)
- martesë noun (state of being married)
Amharic
1 entries- ጋብቻ noun (state of being married)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γάμος noun (state of being married)
- γάμος noun (wedding)
Arabic
4 entries- جواز noun (state of being married)
- زواج noun (state of being married)
- زَوَاج noun (state of being married)
- زَوَاج noun (union of two people)
Aragonese
1 entries- matrimonio noun (state of being married)
Armenian
4 entries- ամուսնություն noun (state of being married)
- ամուսնություն noun (union of two people)
- հարսանիք noun (wedding)
- պսակ noun (wedding)
Aromanian
1 entries- loáre noun (union of two people)
Assamese
1 entries- বিয়া noun (state of being married)
Asturian
2 entries- matrimoniu noun (state of being married)
- matrimoniu noun (union of two people)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- evlilik noun (union of two people)
- nikah noun (state of being married)
- toy noun (wedding)
Bangi
1 entries- libala noun (union of two people)
Bashkir
1 entries- никах noun (state of being married)
Basque
1 entries- ezkontza noun (state of being married)
Belarusian
4 entries- вясе́лле noun (wedding)
- жані́цьба noun (state of being married)
- заму́жжа noun (state of being married)
- заму́ства noun (state of being married)
Bengali
4 entries- বিবাহ noun (state of being married)
- বিয়ে noun (state of being married)
- শাদি noun (state of being married)
- শাদি noun (wedding)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- बिआह noun (state of being married)
Bole
1 entries- kai bono noun (state of being married)
Bulgarian
4 entries- брак noun (state of being married)
- брак noun (union of two people)
- бракосъчета́ние noun (wedding)
- едине́ние noun (close union)
Burmese
4 entries- စုတ် noun (state of being married)
- လက်ထပ်ခြင်း noun (state of being married)
- အာဝါဟဝိဝါဟ noun (wedding)
- အိမ်ထောင် noun (state of being married)
Buryat
1 entries- гэрлэлгэ noun (state of being married)
Catalan
4 entries- boda noun (wedding)
- casament noun (wedding)
- matrimoni noun (state of being married)
- matrimoni noun (union of two people)
Chamorro
1 entries- akkamo' noun (state of being married)
Chechen
1 entries- брак noun (state of being married)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᏨᏓᏓᏨᏍᏙᏗ noun (state of being married)
- ᏨᏓᏓᏨᏍᏙᏗ noun (union of two people)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 婚姻 noun (state of being married)
- 婚姻 noun (union of two people)
- 婚禮 /婚礼 noun (wedding)
- 結婚 /结婚 noun (state of being married)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 婚姻 noun (state of being married)
- 婚姻 noun (union of two people)
- 婚禮 /婚礼 noun (wedding)
- 結婚 /结婚 noun (state of being married)
Church Slavic
2 entries- бракъ noun (state of being married)
- сватьба noun (wedding)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲅⲁⲙⲟⲥ noun (wedding)
Czech
4 entries- manželství noun (state of being married)
- manželství noun (union of two people)
- svatba noun (wedding)
- sňatek noun (state of being married)
Danish
4 entries- bryllup noun (wedding)
- forbindelse noun (close union)
- forening noun (close union)
- forening noun (joining of two parts)
Dari
4 entries- اِزْدِوَاج noun (state of being married)
- اِزْدِوَاج noun (union of two people)
- نِکَاح noun (state of being married)
- نِکَاح noun (union of two people)
Dutch
4 entries- bruiloft noun (wedding)
- echt noun (state of being married)
- huwelijk noun (state of being married)
- huwelijk noun (union of two people)
Elfdalian
1 entries- ektnskap noun (state of being married)
Esperanto
4 entries- edzeco noun (state of being married)
- geedzeco noun (state of being married)
- geedzeco noun (union of two people)
- geedziĝo noun (union of two people)
Estonian
3 entries- abielu noun (state of being married)
- pulm noun (wedding)
- pulmad noun (wedding)
Ewe
2 entries- srɔ̃ɖeɖe noun (union of two people)
- srɔ̃ɖeɖe noun (wedding)
Faroese
4 entries- brúdleyp noun (wedding)
- hjúnaband noun (state of being married)
- hjúnalag noun (state of being married)
- hjúnaskapur noun (state of being married)
Finnish
4 entries- avioliitto noun (state of being married)
- avioliitto noun (union of two people)
- avioliitto noun (close union)
- avioliitto noun (joining of two parts)
French
4 entries- Mariage name (equivalent surnames)
- mariage noun (state of being married)
- mariage noun (union of two people)
- mariage noun (wedding)
Friulian
1 entries- matrimoni noun (state of being married)
Galician
2 entries- matrimonio noun (state of being married)
- matrimonio noun (union of two people)
Georgian
2 entries- ქორწილი noun (wedding)
- ქორწინება noun (state of being married)
German
4 entries- Ee noun (state of being married)
- Ehe noun (state of being married)
- Ehe noun (union of two people)
- Ehe noun (close union)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰 noun (state of being married)
Greek
3 entries- γάμος noun (state of being married)
- γάμος noun (union of two people)
- γάμος noun (wedding)
Greenlandic
2 entries- aappariilerneq noun (state of being married)
- aappariinneq noun (state of being married)
Gujarati
1 entries- લગ્ન noun (state of being married)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- maryaj noun (state of being married)
Hausa
1 entries- aure noun (state of being married)
Hebrew
3 entries- חֲתֻנָּה noun (wedding)
- חתונה noun (wedding)
- נישואין \ נִשּׂוּאִין noun (state of being married)
Hindi
4 entries- कल्याण noun (wedding)
- निकाह noun (union of two people)
- ब्याह noun (state of being married)
- ब्याह noun (wedding)
Hungarian
4 entries- esküvő noun (wedding)
- házasság noun (state of being married)
- házasság noun (union of two people)
- házasságkötés noun (wedding)
Icelandic
1 entries- hjónaband noun (state of being married)
Ido
3 entries- mariajo noun (state of being married)
- mariajo noun (union of two people)
- mariajo noun (wedding)
Igbo
2 entries- nwanyi noun (state of being married)
- olulu noun (state of being married)
Indonesian
3 entries- nikah noun (state of being married)
- perkawinan noun (state of being married)
- pernikahan noun (state of being married)
Ingrian
1 entries- naimiskauppa noun (union of two people)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِتِّحاد noun (close union)
- اِزْدِواج noun (state of being married)
- اِزْدِواج noun (union of two people)
- بَیوگانی noun (wedding)
Irish
4 entries- bainis noun (wedding)
- lánúnas noun (union of two people)
- pósadh noun (state of being married)
- pósadh noun (union of two people)
Italian
4 entries- connubio noun (close union)
- matrimonio noun (state of being married)
- matrimonio noun (union of two people)
- matrimonio noun (wedding)
Japanese
4 entries- 婚姻 noun (union of two people)
- 婚礼 noun (wedding)
- 結婚 noun (state of being married)
- 結婚 noun (union of two people)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- kazamentu noun (state of being married)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮದುವೆ noun (state of being married)
Kashmiri
4 entries- نیتھٕر noun (state of being married)
- نیتھٕر noun (union of two people)
- نیتھٕر noun (wedding)
- کھانٛدَر noun (state of being married)
Kazakh
2 entries- неке noun (state of being married)
- той noun (wedding)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- hàilìam noun (union of two people)
Khmer
3 entries- ការរៀបការ noun (state of being married)
- មង្គលការ noun (wedding)
- អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ noun (wedding)
Korean
4 entries- 결혼 noun (state of being married)
- 결혼 noun (union of two people)
- 결혼식 noun (wedding)
- 혼례 noun (wedding)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кыз тою noun (wedding)
- нике noun (state of being married)
Lao
1 entries- ການສົມຣົດ noun (state of being married)
Latin
4 entries- coniugium noun (state of being married)
- coniugium noun (union of two people)
- cōnūbium noun (state of being married)
- marītāgium noun (state of being married)
Latvian
4 entries- kāzas noun (wedding)
- laulība noun (state of being married)
- laulība noun (union of two people)
- laulības noun (wedding)
Lingala
1 entries- libala noun (union of two people)
Lithuanian
4 entries- santuoka noun (state of being married)
- santuoka noun (union of two people)
- santuoka noun (wedding)
- vestuvės noun (wedding)
Low German
1 entries- Eihe noun (union of two people)
Lule Sami
1 entries- gállasjvuohta noun (state of being married)
Lun Bawang
1 entries- aweh noun (state of being married)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- Bestietnes noun (state of being married)
- Bestietnes noun (wedding)
- Hochzäit noun (wedding)
Macedonian
4 entries- брак noun (state of being married)
- брак noun (union of two people)
- венчавка noun (wedding)
- женидба noun (wedding)
Malay
2 entries- perkahwinan noun (state of being married)
- pernikahan noun (state of being married)
Malayalam
4 entries- കല്യാണം noun (wedding)
- താലികെട്ട് noun (wedding)
- മംഗലം noun (wedding)
- മാംഗല്യം noun (wedding)
Maltese
4 entries- tieġ noun (wedding)
- żwieġ noun (state of being married)
- żwieġ noun (union of two people)
- żwieġ noun (wedding)
Manchu
3 entries- ᡥᠣᠯᠪᠣᠨ noun (state of being married)
- ᡥᠣᠯᠪᠣᠨ noun (union of two people)
- ᡥᠣᠯᠪᠣᠨ noun (joining of two parts)
Manx
4 entries- bannish noun (wedding)
- poosey noun (state of being married)
- poosey noun (union of two people)
- poosey noun (wedding)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ndrola noun (union of two people)
Marathi
2 entries- लग्न noun (state of being married)
- लग्न noun (wedding)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- maryaz noun (state of being married)
Mirandese
2 entries- casamiento noun (state of being married)
- matrimónio noun (state of being married)
Mongolian
2 entries- гэрлэлт noun (state of being married)
- хурим noun (wedding)
Māori
4 entries- mārena noun (state of being married)
- mārenatanga noun (state of being married)
- mārenatanga noun (union of two people)
- mārenatanga noun (wedding)
Navajo
1 entries- iigeh noun (state of being married)
Nepali
1 entries- बिहा noun (state of being married)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- nɗola noun (union of two people)
Norman
3 entries- mathiage noun (state of being married)
- mathiage noun (union of two people)
- mathiage noun (wedding)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zewac noun (state of being married)
Northern Sami
2 entries- náittosdilli noun (state of being married)
- náittus noun (state of being married)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- lenyalo noun (state of being married)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bryllup noun (wedding)
- ekteskap noun (state of being married)
- giftemål noun (state of being married)
- giftermål noun (state of being married)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- bryllaup noun (wedding)
- ekteskap noun (state of being married)
- giftarmål noun (state of being married)
Occitan
2 entries- maridatge noun (state of being married)
- matrimòni noun (state of being married)
Odia
1 entries- ବିବାହ noun (state of being married)
Okinawan
1 entries- にーびち noun (state of being married)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- сватьба noun (wedding)
Old English
3 entries- sinsċipe noun (state of being married)
- sinsċipe noun (union of two people)
- ġifta noun (wedding)
Old French
1 entries- mariage noun (wedding)
Old Polish
2 entries- swadźba noun (wedding)
- swaćba noun (wedding)
Oromo
1 entries- gaa'ela noun (state of being married)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- брак noun (state of being married)
- женїдба noun (state of being married)
- малженство noun (state of being married)
- супружество noun (state of being married)
Pashto
4 entries- توى noun (wedding)
- نکاح noun (state of being married)
- واده noun (state of being married)
- واده noun (wedding)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Ehe noun (state of being married)
- Ehe noun (union of two people)
Polish
4 entries- małżeństwo noun (state of being married)
- małżeństwo noun (union of two people)
- swadźba noun (wedding)
- wesele noun (wedding)
Portuguese
4 entries- casamento noun (state of being married)
- casamento noun (union of two people)
- casamento noun (wedding)
- casamento noun (close union)
Punjabi
3 entries- شادی noun (state of being married)
- ویاہ noun (state of being married)
- ਵਿਆਹ noun (state of being married)
Romanian
4 entries- cununie noun (wedding)
- căsnicie noun (state of being married)
- căsătorie noun (state of being married)
- căsătorie noun (union of two people)
Romansch
4 entries- alach noun (state of being married)
- lai noun (state of being married)
- letg noun (state of being married)
- lètg noun (state of being married)
Russian
4 entries- брак noun (state of being married)
- брак noun (union of two people)
- бракосочета́ние noun (wedding)
- венча́ние noun (wedding)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विवाह noun (state of being married)
Scots
3 entries- mairiage noun (state of being married)
- mairiage noun (union of two people)
- mairiage noun (wedding)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- banais noun (wedding)
- pòsadh noun (state of being married)
- pòsadh noun (union of two people)
- pòsadh noun (wedding)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brȃk noun (state of being married)
- brȃk noun (union of two people)
- svàdba noun (wedding)
- venčánje noun (wedding)
Seychellois Creole
1 entries- maryaz noun (state of being married)
Sindhi
1 entries- विहांउ noun (state of being married)
Slovak
4 entries- manželstvo noun (state of being married)
- sobáš noun (state of being married)
- sobáš noun (wedding)
- svadba noun (wedding)
Slovene
3 entries- poroka noun (wedding)
- svatba noun (wedding)
- zakonska zveza noun (state of being married)
Somali
1 entries- guur noun (state of being married)
Sotho
1 entries- lenyalo noun (state of being married)
Southern Ndebele
1 entries- umtjhado noun (state of being married)
Southern Sami
1 entries- ektievoete noun (state of being married)
Spanish
4 entries- boda noun (wedding)
- casamiento noun (wedding)
- connubio noun (union of two people)
- coyunda noun (union of two people)
Swahili
4 entries- ndoa noun (state of being married)
- ndoa noun (union of two people)
- ndoa noun (wedding)
- ndoa noun (close union)
Swazi
1 entries- umshado noun (state of being married)
Swedish
4 entries- bröllop noun (wedding)
- vigsel noun (wedding)
- äktenskap noun (state of being married)
- äktenskap noun (union of two people)
Tagalog
2 entries- kasal noun (state of being married)
- pagkakasal noun (state of being married)
Tajik
4 entries- арӯсӣ noun (wedding)
- издивоҷ noun (state of being married)
- никоҳ noun (state of being married)
- тӯй noun (wedding)
Tamil
4 entries- கல்யாணம் noun (state of being married)
- கல்யாணம் noun (wedding)
- திருமணம் noun (state of being married)
- திருமணம் noun (wedding)
Tatar
3 entries- никах noun (state of being married)
- никах noun (wedding)
- туй noun (wedding)
Telugu
4 entries- పెండ్లి noun (state of being married)
- పెండ్లి noun (wedding)
- వివాహము noun (state of being married)
- వివాహము noun (wedding)
Tetum
1 entries- kaben noun (state of being married)
Thai
4 entries- การสมรส noun (state of being married)
- การสมรส noun (union of two people)
- การแต่งงาน noun (state of being married)
- การแต่งงาน noun (wedding)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መውስቦ noun (state of being married)
Tsonga
1 entries- vukati noun (state of being married)
Tswana
1 entries- lenyalo noun (state of being married)
Turkish
4 entries- birliktelik noun (union of two people)
- birliktelik noun (close union)
- düğün noun (wedding)
- evlilik noun (state of being married)
Turkmen
1 entries- nika noun (state of being married)
Udi
1 entries- лашӏкӏой noun (state of being married)
Ukrainian
4 entries- весі́лля noun (wedding)
- заму́жжя noun (state of being married)
- замі́жжя noun (state of being married)
- одру́ження noun (state of being married)
Urdu
4 entries- اِزْدِواج noun (state of being married)
- بِیاہ noun (state of being married)
- شادی noun (state of being married)
- شادی noun (wedding)
Uyghur
2 entries- توي noun (wedding)
- نىكاھ noun (state of being married)
Uzbek
2 entries- nikoh noun (state of being married)
- toʻy noun (wedding)
Venda
1 entries- mbingano noun (state of being married)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hôn nhân noun (state of being married)
- lể cưới noun (state of being married)
- sự cưới xin noun (state of being married)
- sự kết hôn noun (state of being married)
Volapük
1 entries- mat noun (state of being married)
Walloon
4 entries- mariaedje noun (state of being married)
- mariaedje noun (wedding)
- noice noun (wedding)
- noices noun (wedding)
Welsh
2 entries- priodas noun (state of being married)
- priodas noun (union of two people)
Xhosa
1 entries- umtshato noun (state of being married)
Yiddish
4 entries- זיווג noun (union of two people)
- זיווג־לעבן noun (state of being married)
- זיווגשאַפֿט noun (state of being married)
- חופּה noun (wedding)
Yámana
1 entries- tuku noun (union of two people)
Zulu
1 entries- umshado noun (state of being married)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.
Source: tatoeba (18726)
These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure. Take Jennifer for example.
Source: tatoeba (18727)
Marriage is made in heaven.
Source: tatoeba (25861)
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