"open relationship" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-open relationship.ogg [Australia] Forms: open relationships [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} open relationship (plural open relationships)
  1. A romantic and/or sexual relationship in which the people involved are permitted or tolerated to be available to have additional simultaneous romantic and/or sexual relationships. Wikipedia link: open relationship Categories (topical): Love, Sex Translations (a relationship with possible additional relationships): relació oberta [feminine] (Catalan), 開放式關係 (Chinese Mandarin), 开放式关系 (kāifàngshì guānxì) (Chinese Mandarin), åbent forhold [neuter] (Danish), open relatie (Dutch), vrije relatie (Dutch), avoin suhde (Finnish), relation libre [feminine] (French), ღია ურთიერთობა (ɣia urtiertoba) (Georgian), offene Beziehung [feminine] (German), オープンリレイションシップ (ōpunrireishonshippu) (Japanese), związek otwarty [masculine] (Polish), relacionamento aberto [masculine] (Portuguese), откры́тые отноше́ния (otkrýtyje otnošénija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), relación abierta [feminine] (Spanish), öppet förhållande (Swedish), öppen relation (Swedish)

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