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fiancé

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//fiˈɒ̃seɪ//
  • United Kingdom//fiˈɒnseɪ//
  • United States//fiˈɑnseɪ//

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

noun

  1. 1

    A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

  2. 2

    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.

    He 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.

    Matt called his fiancé and told her to come to the office.

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.

Forms

plural
fiancés
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).