"child marriage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: child marriages [plural]
Etymology: Compound of child + marriage. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|child|marriage|pos=noun}} Compound of child + marriage Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} child marriage (countable and uncountable, plural child marriages)
  1. The marriage or cohabitation between a minor and an adult or another minor. Wikipedia link: child marriage Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Child abuse, Law, Marriage Translations (child marriage): বাল্যবিবাহ (ballobibaho) (Bengali), 童婚 (tónghūn) (Chinese Mandarin), mariage d’enfant [masculine] (French), बाल विवाह (bāl vivāh) [masculine] (Hindi), 児童婚 (jidōkon) (alt: じどうこん) (Japanese), 아동 결혼 (adong gyeolhon) (Korean), ବାଳ ବିବାହ (bāḷa bibāha) (Odia), casamento infantil (Portuguese), matrimonio infantil (Spanish), barnäktenskap [neuter] (Swedish)

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