fiancée

See also: fiancee and fianceé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiancée.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiancée (plural fiancées, masculine fiancé)

  1. A woman who is engaged to be married.

Usage notes

  • Traditionally, the spelling fiancée is used for a woman who is engaged, with fiancé being the male counterpart. (This is a reflection of the corresponding distinction in French.) However, this distinction is not reliably followed today.

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French

Etymology

fiancé +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɑ̃.se/
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  • Homophone: fiancé

Participle

fiancée f sg

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of fiancer

Noun

fiancée f (plural fiancées)

  1. feminine equivalent of fiancé (“fiancé”); a fiancée
  2. a large yellow underwing

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