marriage of convenience

English

Etymology

Calque of French mariage de convenance.

Noun

marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience)

1. A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; especially one conducted to obtain entry or residence rights in a country.

Translations

marriage motivated by some reason other than love

• Arabic: زواج مصلحة m (zawej maslaha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 權宜婚姻／权宜婚姻 (quányí hūnyīn), 权宜婚姻 (quányí hūnyīn), 政治婚姻 (zhèngzhì hūnyīn)

• Czech: sňatek z rozumu m
• Danish: fornuftsægteskab n
• Finnish: mukavuusavioliitto
• French: mariage de convenance (fr) m
• German: Vernunftehe f, Konvenienzehe f
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• Hungarian: érdekházasság (hu)
• Japanese: 政略結婚 (せいりゃくけっこん, seiryaku kekkon)
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• Romanian: căsătorie de conveniență (ro) f
• Russian: брак по расчёту m (brak po rasčótu)
• Serbo-Croatian: брак из користи m (brak iz koristi)
• Spanish: matrimonio de conveniencia m, matrimonio por amor m