Usage Note
Concubin denotes a person living in a stable domestic partnership (concubinage) without being married. The feminine is concubine. In French law, concubinage is a recognised but less protected status than the PACS civil partnership or marriage. The term is legal-administrative in register.
Examples
"Son concubin travaille à l'étranger."
Natural Translation
Her live-in partner works abroad.

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