Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Couple (COUPLE)

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Section	English 503	Arabic 503	Czech 503	German 503	Spanish 503	French 503	Italian 503	Japanese 503	Portuguese 503	Russian 503	Chinese 503
503-1	civil marriage	زواج المدني	občanský sňatek	standesamtliche Eheschließung —Ziviltrauung	matrimonio civil	mariage civil	matrimonio civile	法律婚	casamento civil	Гражданский брак	民事婚礼
503-2	religious marriage	زواج الديني	církevní sňatek	kirchliche Trauung	matrimonio canónico	mariage religieux	matrimonio religioso	宗教婚	casamento religioso	Церковный брак —Религиозный брак	宗教婚礼
503-3	customary marriage —common law marriage	زواج العرفي	faktické manželství	Gewohnheitsrechtliche Eheschließung —Common-Law-Eheschließung		mariage coutumier	matrimonio secondo consuetudine	内縁	casamentos tradicionais —casamentos de direito comum	Фактический брак	习俗婚礼 —同居婚姻
503-4	consensual union —companionate marriage	زواج رضائي—قران رضائي	konsensuální manželství	unverheiratetes Zusammenleben —nichteheiiche Lebensgemeinschaft —eheähnliche Lebensgemeinschaft	unión consensual —unión conyugal	mariage consensuel —union consensuelle	matrimonio consensuale —unione consensuale	合意婚 —友愛婚	união consensual	Консенсуальный союз	自愿结合 —伴侣式婚姻
503-5	free union	قران حر—قران غير شرعي	svobodný svazek	wilde Ehe	unión libre	union libre —union illégitime	unione libera —unione illegittima —convivenza more uxorio —convivenza	自由結合	união livre	Свободный союз	自由结合
503-6	temporary union	قران وقتي	dočasný svazek	Vorübergehend Verbindung —Zeitweilige Verbindung —Verbindung, vorübergehende	uniones temporales	union temporaire	unioni temporanee	一時的結合	união temporária —concubinato	Временный союз	暂时结合
503-7	cohabitation	مساكنة	soužití	Zusammenwohnen	cohabitación	cohabitation	convivenza	同棲	co-habitação	Сожительство	同居
503-8	couple —conjugal union	قرينان	pár	Paar	pareja	couple	coppia	夫婦 —夫婦的結合	casal —união conjugal	Супружеская пара —Супружеский союз	夫妇 —姻缘结合

In some countries a legal union can be established only through a civil marriage ¹ performed by an official of the state; in other countries a religious marriage ² in accordance with the regulations of a church is recognized as having legal force. Social or legal recognition may be given under various conditions in different countries to stable unions which have not been solemnized by a legal or religious ceremony, for instance to customary marriages ³ or to common law marriages ³ conforming to local traditions. Different types of relationships and degrees of social acceptance are implied in terms applied to various unions but their significance varies widely in different countries. The term consensual union ⁴ implies a socially recognized stable union, the term companionate marriage ⁴ has a similar connotation. The terms free union ⁵ and temporary union ⁶ both imply a less stable union that may or may not include cohabitation ⁷. Two persons of opposite sexes living in a stable union, whether legal or not, are called a couple ⁸. The term conjugal union ⁸ has been used by demographers to include both legal unions and more or less stable illegal unions.

3. Concubinage, n.: a type of illegal union. A concubine in the restricted sense is a woman with an accepted conjugal status inferior to that of a legally recognized wife, particularly in polygynous societies. In other societies, the word concubine is sometimes used loosely to denote any woman other than a wife living in conjugal union with a man. Today such terms as companion or mate are preferred.
7. Cohabitation, n.- cohabit, v.

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civil marriage

civil marriage

religious marriage

religious marriage

customary marriage

customary marriage

common law marriage

common law marriage

consensual union

consensual union