marriage of convenience

English

Etymology

Calque of French mariage de convenance.

Noun

marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience)

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), 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

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

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