fiancé

• fiance

Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/, /fiˈɒnseɪ/

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• Homophone: fiancée

fiancé (plural fiancés)

1. A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
2. (proscribed) A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.
   • 2009, B. R. Laine, Tales from Suffolk County, page 107:

     West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé.

   • 2018, Christina J. Easley -, Disaster Free Survivor Strikes Back: Storms of Love & Loss, →ISBN, page 163:

     He could not bear to think about the idea that his fiancé could die in their dream home where they had shared so many unforgettable moments together.

   • 2018, T. K. Kohl, Quest of the Staff and the Sword, →ISBN, page 153:

     Matt called his fiancé and told her to come to the office.

• Traditionally, the spelling fiancé is used for a man who is engaged, with fiancée being the female counterpart. (This is a reflection of the corresponding distinction in French.) However, this distinction is not reliably followed today.

• engage
• marriage

• fancie

From fiancer (“to get engaged”).

• IPA^(key): /fjɑ̃.se/, /fi.jɑ̃.se/

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fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées)

1. engaged

fiancé m (plural fiancés, feminine fiancée)

1. fiancé

fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées)

1. past participle of fiancer

• “fiancé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.