fiance

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UK/fiˈɒ̃seɪ/UK/fiˈɒnseɪ/US/fiˈɑnseɪ/US/ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/

verb

To betroth; to affiance.

Similar
groom-to-be
OriginMiddle English fyancen ← Middle French fiancer →
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Meanings

fiance1

nounfiance (plural fiances)

plural fiances

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fiancé.

fiance2

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

present singular third person fiances · participle present fiancing · participle past fianced · past fianced

  1. obsoleteTo betroth; to affiance.

    he[…]therfore fianced he his daughter

    1569, Thomas Stocker, A righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the Great
    1 more example

    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 married

    1993, Cindy Holbrook, A Daring Deception, page 91

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna man who is engaged to be married

Similar
groom-to-be
Broader
betrothedmanadult male
Also see
groom-to-be

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchfiancer
  2. Middle Englishfyancen
  3. Englishfiance

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

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APA

fiance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiance

MLA

“fiance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiance.

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