Meanings
nounfiancé (plural fiancés)
plural fiancés · alternative fiance
- proscribedA person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.
Matt called his fiancé and told her to come to the office.
2018, T. K. Kohl, Quest of the Staff and the Sword, →ISBN, page 1532 more examples
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 107He 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, Christina J. Easley -, Disaster Free Survivor Strikes Back: Storms of Love & Loss, →ISBN, page 163
Origin
- Frenchfiancé
- Englishfiancé
Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans verloofde
- verloofdeman who is engaged to be married
Arabic خَطِيب
- خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb)man who is engaged to be married
Basque senargai, gizongai
- senargaiman who is engaged to be married
- gizongaiman who is engaged to be married
Bengali বাগ্দত্ত
- বাগ্দত্ত (bagdotto)man who is engaged to be married
Bulgarian годени́к, жени́х
- годени́к (godeník)man who is engaged to be married
- жени́х (ženíh)man who is engaged to be married
Chinese Cantonese 未婚夫
- 未婚夫 (mei⁶ fan¹ fu¹)man who is engaged to be married
Chinese Mandarin 未婚夫
- 未婚夫 (wèihūnfū)man who is engaged to be married
Czech snoubenec, zasnoubený
- snoubenecman who is engaged to be married
- zasnoubenýman who is engaged to be married
Danish forlovet, forlovede
- forlovetman who is engaged to be married
- forlovedeman who is engaged to be married
Dutch verloofde, verloofde
- verloofdeman who is engaged to be married
- verloofdeperson engaged to be married
Esperanto fianĉo, gefianĉo
- fianĉoman who is engaged to be married
- gefianĉoperson engaged to be married
Estonian peigmees
- peigmeesman who is engaged to be married
Finnish sulhanen, kihlattu
- sulhanenman who is engaged to be married
- kihlattuperson engaged to be married
French fiancé
- fiancéman who is engaged to be married
German Verlobter, der Verlobte
- Verlobterman who is engaged to be married
- der Verlobteman who is engaged to be married
- Verlobterperson engaged to be married
- Verlobteperson engaged to be married
Greek αρραβωνιαστικός
- αρραβωνιαστικός (arravoniastikós)man who is engaged to be married
Hebrew אָרוּס
- אָרוּס (arús)man who is engaged to be married
Hindi दुलहा, मँगेतर
- दुलहा (dulhā)man who is engaged to be married
- मँगेतर (maṅgetar)man who is engaged to be married
- मंगेतर (maṅgetar)man who is engaged to be married
- वर (var)man who is engaged to be married
- वाग्दत्त (vāgdatt)man who is engaged to be married
- मँगेतर (maṅgetar)person engaged to be married
Hungarian vőlegény, jegyes
- vőlegényman who is engaged to be married
- jegyesman who is engaged to be married
Icelandic unnusti
- unnustiman who is engaged to be married
Indonesian tunangan
- tunanganman who is engaged to be married
Italian fidanzato
- fidanzatoman who is engaged to be married
Japanese 婚約者, フィアンセ
- 婚約者 (kon'yakusha)man who is engaged to be married
- フィアンセ (fianse)man who is engaged to be married
Korean 약혼자
- 약혼자 (yakhonja)man who is engaged to be married
Latin sponsus, fidentiatus
- sponsusman who is engaged to be married
- fidentiatusman who is engaged to be married
- sponsusperson engaged to be married
- sponsaperson engaged to be married
Latvian līgavainis
- līgavainisman who is engaged to be married
Lithuanian sužadėtinis
- sužadėtinisman who is engaged to be married
Malay tunang
- tunangman who is engaged to be married
Māori whaiāipo
- whaiāipoman who is engaged to be married
Norwegian Bokmål forlovede, forlovede
- forlovedeman who is engaged to be married
- forlovedeperson engaged to be married
Polish narzeczony
- narzeczonyman who is engaged to be married
Portuguese noivo
- noivoman who is engaged to be married
Romanian logodnic
- logodnicman who is engaged to be married
Russian жени́х, наречённый
- жени́х (ženíx)man who is engaged to be married
- наречённый (narečónnyj)man who is engaged to be married
Scottish Gaelic suirgheach
- suirgheachman who is engaged to be married
Slovak snúbenec, ženích
- snúbenecman who is engaged to be married
- ženíchman who is engaged to be married
Spanish novio, prometido
- novioman who is engaged to be married
- prometidoman who is engaged to be married
Swahili mchumba, mchumba
- mchumbaman who is engaged to be married
- mchumbaperson engaged to be married
Swedish fästman
- fästmanman who is engaged to be married
Tagalog lalaking katikya, lalaking katipan
- lalaking katikyaman who is engaged to be married
- lalaking katipanman who is engaged to be married
- katikyaperson engaged to be married
Thai คู่หมั้น
- คู่หมั้น (kûu-mân)man who is engaged to be married
Turkish nişanlı, namzet
- nişanlıman who is engaged to be married
- namzetman who is engaged to be married
Ukrainian жени́х, наре́чений
- жени́х (ženýx)man who is engaged to be married
- наре́чений (naréčenyj)man who is engaged to be married
Urdu مَن٘گیتَر
- مَن٘گیتَر (maṅgetar)man who is engaged to be married
Vietnamese chồng chưa cưới, vị hôn phu
- chồng chưa cướiman who is engaged to be married
- vị hôn phuman who is engaged to be married
Welsh dyweddi, darpar ŵr
- dyweddiman who is engaged to be married
- darpar ŵrman who is engaged to be married
Yiddish חתן
- חתן (khosn)man who is engaged to be married
Rhymes & wordplay
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