gay marriage

English

Noun

gay marriage (countable and uncountable, plural gay marriages)

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

Translations

marriage between two people of the same sex

Arabic: زَوَاج مِثْلِيّ‎ m (zawāj miṯliyy)
Bengali: সমকামী বিবাহ (śomkami bibaho)
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

gay marriage

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