fiance

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/, /fiˈɒnseɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/ Rhymes: -ɒnseɪ ==== Noun ==== fiance (plural fiances) Alternative spelling of fiancé. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.əns/ ==== Verb ==== fiance (third-person singular simple present fiances, present participle fiancing, simple past and past participle fianced) (obsolete) To betroth; to affiance. === References === === Anagrams === fancie == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French fiance, from Old French fiance, from fier +‎ -ance. ==== Noun ==== fiance f (plural fiances) (obsolete) faith; confidence ===== Derived terms ===== fiancer === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fiance inflection of fiancer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “fiance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French < fier +‎ -ance or Latin fidentia. === Noun === fiance f (plural fiances) faith; confidence ==== Synonyms ==== foy == Old French == === Alternative forms === fïance (occasional scholarly form) === Etymology === From the verb fier +‎ -ance or from Latin fidentia. === Noun === fiance oblique singular, f (oblique plural fiances, nominative singular fiance, nominative plural fiances) faith; confidence ==== Synonyms ==== foi