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fiance

UK/fiˈɒ̃seɪ//fiˈɑnseɪ/

fiance is the alternative spelling of fiancé.

Meaning of fiancé

Noun

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.
    • West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé.2009, B. R. Laine, Tales from Suffolk County, page 107

Verb

IPA/ˈfaɪ.əns/

fiance (third-person singular simple present fiances, present participle fiancing, simple past and past participle fianced)

  1. (obsolete) To betroth; to affiance.
    • he[…]therfore fianced he his daughter1569, Thomas Stocker, A righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the Great
    • he should become so lusty over a lady of such questionable motives? He was fianced, after all. Perhaps that was it. Since his engagement, he had abstained from any liaisons, feeling it was only proper in a man soon to be married1993, Cindy Holbrook, A Daring Deception, page 91

Forms of fiance

Noun
pluralfiances
Verb
third-person singular presentfiances
present participlefiancing
past participlefianced
pastfianced

Origin of fiance

From Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer.

Questions about fiance

What does fiance mean?
Fiance means to betroth; to affiance.
What is fiance the alternative spelling of?
Fiance is the alternative spelling of fiancé.
What part of speech is fiance?
Fiance is a verb.
How do you pronounce fiance?
Fiance is pronounced /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of fiance?
The past tense of fiance is fianced.

Words near fiance in the dictionary

  1. Fiallos
  2. fialuridine
  3. fiamma
  4. fiamme
  5. Fian
  6. fiance
  7. fianced
  8. fiancee
  9. fiancees
  10. fiances
  11. fianceé

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