fiancé

== English == === Alternative forms === fiance === Etymology === Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/, /fiˈɒnseɪ/ Homophone: fiancée === Noun === fiancé (plural fiancés) A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended. (proscribed) A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged. ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === engage, divorcé, marriage === Anagrams === fancie == French == === Etymology === From fiancer (“to get engaged”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjɑ̃.se/, /fi.jɑ̃.se/ === Adjective === fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées) engaged === Noun === fiancé m (plural fiancés, feminine fiancée) fiancé === Participle === fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées) past participle of fiancer === Further reading === “fiancé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012