child marriage

noun

The marriage or cohabitation between a minor and an adult or another minor.

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Meanings

nounchild marriage (countable and uncountable, plural child marriages)

plural child marriages

  1. countableuncountableThe marriage or cohabitation between a minor and an adult or another minor.

Origin

Compound of child + marriage.

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Translations

Bengali বাল্যবিবাহ
  • বাল্যবিবাহ (ballobibaho)child marriage
Bulgarian ранен брак
  • ранен брак (ranen brak)child marriage
Chinese Mandarin 童婚
  • 童婚 (tónghūn)child marriage
Czech dětský sňatek
  • dětský sňatekchild marriage
Finnish lapsiavioliitto
  • lapsiavioliittochild marriage
French mariage d’enfant
  • mariage d’enfantchild marriage
German Kinderehe
  • Kinderehechild marriage
Hindi बाल विवाह
  • बाल विवाह (bāl vivāh)child marriage
Indonesian perkawinan anak
  • perkawinan anakchild marriage
Irish pósadh leanaí
  • pósadh leanaíchild marriage
Japanese 児童婚
  • 児童婚 (jidōkon)child marriage
Korean 아동 결혼
  • 아동 결혼 (adong gyeolhon)child marriage
Portuguese casamento infantil
  • casamento infantilchild marriage
Spanish matrimonio infantil
  • matrimonio infantilchild marriage
Swedish barnäktenskap
  • barnäktenskapchild marriage
Cite this entry
APA

child marriage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20marriage

MLA

“child marriage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20marriage. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child marriage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20marriage.

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