"married couple" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: married couples [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} married couple (plural married couples)
  1. Two people who are married to each other. Categories (topical): Family, Marriage, People Derived forms: argue like a married couple, argue like an old married couple, bicker like a married couple, bicker like an old married couple, fight like a married couple, fight like an old married couple Translations (two people who are married to each other): ամուսնական զույգ (amusnakan zuyg) (Armenian), ər-arvad (Azerbaijani), жанатая пара (žanataja para) [feminine] (Belarusian), сужэнцы (sužency) [plural] (Belarusian), сямейная пара (sjamjejnaja para) [feminine] (Belarusian), 夫婦 (Chinese Mandarin), 夫妇 (fūfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 夫妻 (fūqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 夫夫 (fūfū) (english: gay male couple) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), 妻妻 (qīqī) (english: lesbian couple) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), manželé (Czech), ægtepar [neuter] (Danish), echtpaar [neuter] (Dutch), марийже ден ватыже (marijže den vatyže) (Eastern Mari), aviopari (Finnish), couple marié [masculine] (French), Ehepaar [neuter] (German), házaspár (Hungarian), 夫婦 (fūfu) (alt: ふうふ) (Japanese), 夫妻 (fusai) (alt: ふさい) (Japanese), 夫婦 (meoto) (alt: めおと) (Japanese), 부부 (bubu) (alt: 夫婦) (Korean), 부처 (bucheo) (Korean), брачна двојка (bračna dvojka) [feminine] (Macedonian), брачен пар (bračen par) [masculine] (Macedonian), जोइ पोइ (joi poi) (Nepali), ektepar [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ektepar [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), małżeństwo [neuter] (Polish), casal [masculine] (Portuguese), cuplu căsătorit [neuter] (Romanian), pereche căsătorită [feminine] (Romanian), супру́жеская па́ра (suprúžeskaja pára) [feminine] (Russian), супру́жеская чета́ (suprúžeskaja četá) (english: stilted) [feminine] (Russian), bračni par [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), manželia (Slovak), matrimonio [masculine] (Spanish), wanandoa (Swahili), äkta par [neuter] (Swedish), karı koca (Turkish), çift (Turkish), подружжя (podružžja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), פּאָרפֿאָלק (porfolk) [neuter] (Yiddish)

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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "házaspár"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bračna dvojka",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
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          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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        },
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          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "joi poi",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "जोइ पोइ"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ektepar"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ektepar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "małżeństwo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "casal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cuplu căsătorit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pereche căsătorită"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "suprúžeskaja pára",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "супру́жеская па́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "stilted",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "suprúžeskaja četá",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "супру́жеская чета́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bračni par"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "manželia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "matrimonio"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "wanandoa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "äkta par"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "karı koca"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "word": "çift"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "podružžja",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подружжя"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "porfolk",
          "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "פּאָרפֿאָלק"
        }
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      "word": "argue like a married couple"
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      "word": "argue like an old married couple"
    },
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      "word": "bicker like a married couple"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
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      "alt": "ふさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusai",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "夫妻"
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      "alt": "めおと",
      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bucheo",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "bračna dvojka",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брачна двојка"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bračen par",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брачен пар"
    },
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      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "marijže den vatyže",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "марийже ден ватыже"
    },
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "joi poi",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "जोइ पोइ"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ektepar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ektepar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "małżeństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuplu căsătorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pereche căsătorită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suprúžeskaja pára",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супру́жеская па́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "stilted",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suprúžeskaja četá",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супру́жеская чета́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bračni par"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "manželia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matrimonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "wanandoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "äkta par"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "karı koca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "word": "çift"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "podružžja",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подружжя"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "porfolk",
      "sense": "two people who are married to each other",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פּאָרפֿאָלק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "married couple"
}

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