Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

companionate marriage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
com-pan-ion-ate -mar-riage
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

noun

A conception of marriage where complicity, communication and support between spouses are considered important, rather than purely material questions of inheritance etc.

Inflected Forms

companionate marriages (plural)

Questions

What does companionate marriage mean?
A marriage in which the partners decide not to have children, and to reserve the right to divorce amicably with mutual consent.

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