Dictionary

fiancée en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /fiˈɑn.seɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˌfi.ɑnˈseɪ/ (General-American)
• /fiˈɒ̃.seɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /fiˈɒn.seɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree French fiancé Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French fiancéebor. English fiancée Borrowed from French fiancée.

Meanings

1. (formal) A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.
   • Toward the end of 1860, as told in his book, Lindley, together with his Portuguese fiancée Marie, a British friend he called “L.”, and a Greek friend B. Philip, joined the Taiping Army at Tianjing (Nanjing) — the capital of the Taiping Kingdom. 1980 July, Zhang Haipeng, “An English Fighter in a Chinese Peasant War”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIX, number 7, Peking, →OCLC, page 30, column 3:

Forms

Deriveds

ex-fiancée

Relateds

fiancé · engage · marriage

Translations (107)

fr fiancée (woman who is engaged to be married) · ru неве́ста (woman who is engaged to be married) · hy հարսնացու (woman who is engaged to be married) · it fidanzata (woman who is engaged to be married) · be няве́ста (woman who is engaged to be married) · be нарачо́ная (woman who is engaged to be married) · hi दुलहिन (woman who is engaged to be married) · wuu 飛洋傘 /飞洋伞 (woman who is engaged to be married) · tg номзад (woman who is engaged to be married) · sl zaročenka (woman who is engaged to be married) · yue 未婚妻 (woman who is engaged to be married) · hu mátka (woman who is engaged to be married) · wa mayon (woman who is engaged to be married) · da forlovet (woman who is engaged to be married) · hy հարս (woman who is engaged to be married) · az nişanlı (woman who is engaged to be married) · az adaxlı (woman who is engaged to be married) · et mõrsja (woman who is engaged to be married) · ps کوزده (woman who is engaged to be married) · hu ara (woman who is engaged to be married) · ja 婚約者 (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh záručnica (woman who is engaged to be married) · nb forlovede (woman who is engaged to be married) · ka საცოლე (woman who is engaged to be married) · uz kelin (woman who is engaged to be married) · ar خَطِيبَة (woman who is engaged to be married) · dlm ninapta (woman who is engaged to be married) · ug بولغۇسى كېلىن (woman who is engaged to be married) · kk қалыңдық (woman who is engaged to be married) · ug سۆيگەن قىزى (woman who is engaged to be married) · cs snoubenka (woman who is engaged to be married) · ja フィアンセ (woman who is engaged to be married) · pl narzeczona (woman who is engaged to be married) · cy dyweddi (woman who is engaged to be married) · bg годени́ца (woman who is engaged to be married) · sw mchumba (woman who is engaged to be married) · rsk заручнїца (woman who is engaged to be married) · zza nışanın (woman who is engaged to be married) · fi morsian (woman who is engaged to be married) · ps کوژدن (woman who is engaged to be married) · uk наре́чена (woman who is engaged to be married) · wa comere (woman who is engaged to be married) · tg арӯс (woman who is engaged to be married) · hu menyasszony (woman who is engaged to be married) · sv fästmö (woman who is engaged to be married) · vi vị hôn thê (woman who is engaged to be married) · he אֲרוּסָה (woman who is engaged to be married) · mk сврше́ница (woman who is engaged to be married) · hi मंगेतर (woman who is engaged to be married) · de Verlobte (woman who is engaged to be married) · bn বাগ্দত্তা (woman who is engaged to be married) · ps چنغاله (woman who is engaged to be married) · ro logodnică (woman who is engaged to be married) · tr nişanlı (woman who is engaged to be married) · tl babaeng katikya (woman who is engaged to be married) · lad espozada (woman who is engaged to be married) · cy darpar wraig (woman who is engaged to be married) · ur مَن٘گیتَر (woman who is engaged to be married) · hi मँगेतर (woman who is engaged to be married) · de Braut (woman who is engaged to be married) · es prometida (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh vjȅrenica (woman who is engaged to be married) · tl babaeng katipan (woman who is engaged to be married) · eo fianĉino (woman who is engaged to be married) · ug كېلىن (woman who is engaged to be married) · rom piramnyi (woman who is engaged to be married) · pt noiva (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh ве̏реница (woman who is engaged to be married) · es novia (woman who is engaged to be married) · la sponsa (woman who is engaged to be married) · lv līgava (woman who is engaged to be married) · ckt ӈэвъэнлыӄыл (woman who is engaged to be married) · el αρραβωνιαστικιά (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh vȅrenica (woman who is engaged to be married) · vi vợ chưa cưới (woman who is engaged to be married) · eu emaztegai (woman who is engaged to be married) · hi वाग्दत्ता (woman who is engaged to be married) · sq nuse (woman who is engaged to be married) · eu andregai (woman who is engaged to be married) · ur دُلْہَن (woman who is engaged to be married) · lt sužadėtinė (woman who is engaged to be married) · hi दुल्हन (woman who is engaged to be married) · nl verloofde (woman who is engaged to be married) · io fiancitino (woman who is engaged to be married) · nrf fianchie (woman who is engaged to be married) · fa-ira نامْزَد (woman who is engaged to be married) · ru наречённая (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh вје̏реница (woman who is engaged to be married) · is unnusta (woman who is engaged to be married) · sk snúbenica (woman who is engaged to be married) · da kæreste (woman who is engaged to be married) · km គូកំណាន់ (woman who is engaged to be married) · ps چنغله (woman who is engaged to be married) · ps کوېژده (woman who is engaged to be married) · mi whaiāipo (woman who is engaged to be married) · th คู่หมั้น (woman who is engaged to be married) · ko 약혼녀 (woman who is engaged to be married) · ms tunang (woman who is engaged to be married) · tg арус (woman who is engaged to be married) · ky колукту (woman who is engaged to be married) · zza vaşti (woman who is engaged to be married) · sh за́ручница (woman who is engaged to be married) · my သတို့သမီး (woman who is engaged to be married) · mg fofom-bady (woman who is engaged to be married) · prs نَامْزَد (woman who is engaged to be married) · om kaadhimaa (woman who is engaged to be married) · cmn 未婚妻 (woman who is engaged to be married)