gay marriage

gay marriage

English

Noun

gay marriage (countable and uncountable, plural gay marriages)

1. Marriage between two people of the same sex.

Usage notes

• Formal usage generally prefers same-sex marriage or same-gender marriage.

Synonyms

• homosexual marriage
• same-sex marriage
• faggot marriage (offensive)

Coordinate terms

• bisexual marriage
• heterosexual marriage
• opposite-sex marriage
• straight marriage
• transsexual marriage

Related terms

• marry
• gay marry

Translations

marriage between two people of the same sex

Arabic: زَوَاج مِثْلِيّ‎ m (zawāj miṯliyy) Bengali: সমকামী বিবাহ (sômôkamī bibahô) Catalan: matrimoni homosexual Chinese: Mandarin: 同性婚姻 (tóngxìng hūnyīn), 同志婚姻 (tóngzhì hūnyīn) Czech: registrované partnerství n (civil union) Danish: homoægteskab n Dutch: homohuwelijk (nl) n Estonian: geiabielu (et), samasooliste abielu (et) Finnish: homoavioliitto (fi), homoliitto (fi) French: mariage homosexuel m, mariage gay (fr) m, mariage pour tous (fr) m Georgian: ერთსქესიანთა ქორწინება (ertskesianta korc̣ineba), ერთნაირსქესიანთა ქორწინება (ertnairskesianta korc̣ineba) German: gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe f, Homoehe (de) f, Homo-Ehe (de) f, Schwulenehe (de) f Greek: γάμος ομοφυλόφιλων m (gámos omofylófilon) Hebrew: נישואים גאים‎ m pl (nisuím geím), נישואים חד מיניים‎ (he) m pl (nisuím ḥad miniyím) Hindi: समलैंगिक विवाह m (samlaiṅgik vivāh) Hungarian: melegházasság Irish: pósadh aerach m Italian: matrimonio gay m, matrimonio omosessuale m, matrimonio tra persone dello stesso sesso m Japanese: 同性結婚 (どうせいけっこん, dōsei-kekkon), 同性婚 (dōseikon), ゲイの結婚 (gei no kekkon) Kazakh: бір жынысты неке (bır jynysty neke), гей неке (gei neke) Korean: 동성 결혼(同性結婚) (dongseong gyeolhon) Macedonian: геј-брак (gej-brak), истополов брак (istopolov brak) Norwegian: likekjønnet ekteskap n, samkjønnet ekteskap n, homofilt ekteskap n Bokmål: homoekteskap n Nynorsk: homoekteskap n Okinawan: 同性ぬにーびち (どーしーぬにーびち, dōshī nu nībichi) Polish: małżeństwo osób tej samej płci n małżeństwo homoseksualne n, małżeństwo jednopłciowe n Portuguese: casamento gay m, matrimónio homossexual m, matrimônio homossexual m Russian: однопо́лый брак m (odnopólyj brak), гей-бра́к (ru) m (gej-brák) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: истополни брак m Roman: istopolni brak m Slovak: registrované partnerstvo Spanish: matrimonio homosexual m, matrimonio gay m, matrimonio del mismo sexo m, matrimonio igualitario m, matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo m Swedish: homoäktenskap (sv) n, samkönat äktenskap n, enkönat äktenskap, könsneutralt äktenskap Tamil: ஒருபால் திருமணம் (orupāl tirumaṇam) Turkish: eşcinsel evlilik (tr) Ukrainian: одностатевий шлюб m (odnostatevyj šljub), ґей-шлюб m (gej-šljub), гей-шлюб (hej-šljub) Vietnamese: hôn nhân đồng giới, hôn nhân đồng tính

See also

• marriage equality, equal marriage

Further reading

• same-sex marriage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia