civil union

Noun

 * 1) A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.

Synonyms

 * civil union (several states in the U.S.), domestic partnership (several states in the U.S.), registered partnership (California), registered relationship (Victoria, Australia), significant relationship (Tasmania, Australia)

Translations

 * Afrikaans: burgerlike verbintenis
 * Asturian: xunión civil
 * Basque: batasun zibil, izatezko bikote
 * Breton: emglev keodedel a gengred
 * Bulgarian: граждански съюз
 * Catalan: unió estable de parella, unió civil
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 民事結合, 公民結合
 * Classical Nahuatl: nemekatilistli
 * Czech: registrované partnerství
 * Dutch: geregistreerd partnerschap
 * Esperanto: registrita partnereco
 * Finnish: siviiliavioliitto,
 * French:, , partenariat enregistré
 * Galician:
 * German: eingetragene Partnerschaft
 * Hawaiian: uniona kīwila
 * Indonesian: persatuan sipil
 * Irish: cumann sibhialta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 市民の結合
 * Maltese: unjoni ċivili
 * Mirandese: ounion de fato
 * Norman: parchonn'nie civile
 * Norwegian: registrert partnerskap
 * Occitan: union civila
 * Papiamentu: union civil
 * Polish: rejestrowany związek partnerski
 * Portuguese: união civil, união de facto, união estável
 * Russian:, гражданское партнёрство
 * Slovak: registrované partnerstvo
 * Spanish: unión civil, unión de hecho, pareja de hecho
 * Swedish: registrerat partnerskap
 * Tahitian: faʻaauraʻa autaeaʻeraʻa
 * Turkish: medeni birliktelik
 * Ukrainian: цивільне партнерство
 * Vietnamese: kết hợp dân sự
 * Welsh: uniad sifil