Meanings
nounlife partner (plural life partners)
plural life partners
- A romantic partner for life. This can be same-sex or opposite-sex, married or without marriage, and monogamous or polyamorous.
He went on, “I want to find a ‘life partner.’ With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love and world peace from outer space.”
2020 January 30, Mihir Zaveri, quoting Yusaku Maezawa, “Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Calls Off TV Search for Moon Trip ‘Life Partner’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 人生伴侶 /人生伴侣, 生活伴侶 /生活伴侣
- 人生伴侶 /人生伴侣 (rénshēng bànlǚ)romantic partner for life
- 生活伴侶 /生活伴侣 (shēnghuó bànlǚ)romantic partner for life
- 終身伴侶 /终身伴侣 (zhōngshēn bànlǚ)romantic partner for life
Estonian elukaaslane
- elukaaslaneromantic partner for life
Finnish elämänkumppani
- elämänkumppaniromantic partner for life
German Lebenspartner, Lebenspartnerin
- Lebenspartnerromantic partner for life
- Lebenspartnerinromantic partner for life
- Lebensgefährteromantic partner for life
- Lebensgefährtinromantic partner for life
Hindi जीवनसाथी
- जीवनसाथी (jīvansāthī)romantic partner for life
Hungarian élettárs
- élettársromantic partner for life
Norwegian Bokmål livsledsager, samboer (cohabitant)
- livsledsagerromantic partner for life
- samboer (cohabitant)romantic partner for life
Polish towarzysz życia, towarzyszka życia
- towarzysz życiaromantic partner for life
- towarzyszka życiaromantic partner for life
Romanian tovarăș de viață, tovarășă de viață
- tovarăș de viațăromantic partner for life
- tovarășă de viațăromantic partner for life
Cite this entry
APA
life partner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20partner
MLA
“life partner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20partner. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life partner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20partner.
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