mariage de convenancen.

Brit.

/marɪˌɑːʒ də ˌkɒ̃vəˈnɒ̃s/, U.S.

/ˌmɑriˈɑʒ də ˌkɔnvəˈnɑns/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mariage de convenance.

Etymology: < French mariage de convenance, lit. ‘marriage of convenience’ (1798) < mariage marriage n. + de de prep. + convenance convenance n. Compare earlier marriage of convenience at convenience n. 6a, which is attested considerably earlier than the French phrase, and may have provided its model.

= marriage of convenience at marriage n. Phrases. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of convenience

marriage of convenience1711

mariage de convenance1854

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 275 What the deuce does a mariage de convenance mean but all this.

1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. ix. 83 I'm only a half sort of lover, meditating a mariage de convenance to oblige an uncle.

1912 I. Nitobé Japanese Nation vi. 163 The sorrows of mariage de convenance in Europe.

1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vii. 295 Some men are pragmatic and utilitarian in regard to Truth; by others she is worshipped as fanatically as any goddess. So some men deliberately make mariages de convenance.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 97/3 History suggests that the evil partnership between Communist China and the Soviet Union may yet develop the brittle quality of a mariage de convenance.

1957 L. Durrell Justine iv. 235 Someone trapped into a mariage de convenance.

1974 M. Cecil Heroines in Love iv. 91 The fashionable world, with its ill-bred ideas about money and mariages de convenance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mariage de convenance
释义	mariage de convenancen. Brit. /marɪˌɑːʒ də ˌkɒ̃vəˈnɒ̃s/, U.S. /ˌmɑriˈɑʒ də ˌkɔnvəˈnɑns/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mariage de convenance. Etymology: < French mariage de convenance, lit. ‘marriage of convenience’ (1798) < mariage marriage n. + de de prep. + convenance convenance n. Compare earlier marriage of convenience at convenience n. 6a, which is attested considerably earlier than the French phrase, and may have provided its model. = marriage of convenience at marriage n. Phrases. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of convenience marriage of convenience1711 mariage de convenance1854 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 275 What the deuce does a mariage de convenance mean but all this. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. ix. 83 I'm only a half sort of lover, meditating a mariage de convenance to oblige an uncle. 1912 I. Nitobé Japanese Nation vi. 163 The sorrows of mariage de convenance in Europe. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vii. 295 Some men are pragmatic and utilitarian in regard to Truth; by others she is worshipped as fanatically as any goddess. So some men deliberately make mariages de convenance. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 97/3 History suggests that the evil partnership between Communist China and the Soviet Union may yet develop the brittle quality of a mariage de convenance. 1957 L. Durrell Justine iv. 235 Someone trapped into a mariage de convenance. 1974 M. Cecil Heroines in Love iv. 91 The fashionable world, with its ill-bred ideas about money and mariages de convenance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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