marriage

mariage, vie conjugale

Relation et vie commune de deux personnes mariées.

En anglais simple : The relationship and shared life of two people who are married.

• They have a happy marriage.
• His first marriage ended after five years.
• Can they save their marriage?

Comment l'utiliser : marriage to someone (Her marriage to Ben lasted twenty years.)

Synonymes : married life

Expressions courantes : happy marriage, save a marriage, first marriage, marriage to someone

mariage

Situation d’une personne dont le conjoint est reconnu par la loi ou la société.

En anglais simple : The state of having a legally or socially recognized partner as a husband or wife.

• Marriage gives couples certain legal rights.
• They chose civil marriage instead of a religious ceremony.
• Is marriage important to you?

Synonymes : matrimony, wedlock

Expressions courantes : civil marriage, enter into marriage, marriage certificate, legal marriage

mariage, noces

Cérémonie au cours de laquelle deux personnes se marient.

En anglais simple : A ceremony in which two people become married.

• Their marriage took place in a small church.
• We attended the marriage of two old friends.
• The family gathered to celebrate her marriage.

Synonymes : wedding

Expressions courantes : marriage ceremony, marriage of someone, celebrate a marriage

alliance, union

Union de choses différentes qui forment un ensemble harmonieux.

En anglais simple : A successful joining of different things to make a whole.

• This dish is a marriage of different flavors.
• The show offers a successful marriage of music and dance.
• Their design achieved a perfect marriage between beauty and comfort.

Comment l'utiliser : marriage of A and B (The building is a marriage of old and new styles.); marriage between A and B (The project creates a marriage between science and art.)

Synonymes : union, combination, blend

Expressions courantes : marriage of something, perfect marriage, successful marriage, close marriage