out of wedlock

prepositional phrase

Of parents not legally married.

“Some children are born out of wedlock.”

Similar
illegitimatelyoutside marriage

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticOf parents not legally married.

    Some children are born out of wedlock.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbof biological parents not married to each other

adverbof unwed parents

Similar
outside marriage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech za svobodna
  • za svobodnaof parents not legally married
Dutch buitenechtelijk
  • buitenechtelijkof parents not legally married
Finnish avioliiton ulkopuolella
  • avioliiton ulkopuolellaof parents not legally married
French hors mariage
  • hors mariageof parents not legally married
German außerehelich
  • außerehelichof parents not legally married
Hungarian házasságon kívül, házasságon kívüli
  • házasságon kívülof parents not legally married
  • házasságon kívüliof parents not legally married
  • zabigyerekof parents not legally married
Polish pozamałżeński, z nieprawego łoża
  • pozamałżeńskiof parents not legally married
  • z nieprawego łożaof parents not legally married
Romanian născut din flori
  • născut din floriof parents not legally married
Russian незаконнорожденный
  • незаконнорожденный (nezakonnoroždennyj)of parents not legally married
Spanish fuera del matrimonio
  • fuera del matrimonioof parents not legally married
Thai นอกสมรส
  • นอกสมรส (nɔ̂ɔk-sǒm-rót)of parents not legally married
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“out of wedlock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20wedlock. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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

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