fiance

See also: fiancé

English

Etymology

From French fiancé. The verb is from fiancer.

Noun

fiance (plural fiances)

  1. Alternative spelling of fiancé

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To betroth; to affiance.
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Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɑ̃s/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Etymology 1

From Middle French fiance, from Old French fiance, from fier +‎ -ance.

Noun

fiance f (plural fiances)

  1. (obsolete) faith; confidence

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

fiance

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fiancer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of fiancer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fiancer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fiancer
  5. second-person singular imperative of fiancer

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French < fier +‎ -ance or Latin fidentia.

Noun

fiance f (plural fiances)

  1. faith; confidence

Synonyms

Old French

Alternative forms

  • fïance (occasional scholarly form)

Etymology

From the verb fier +‎ -ance or from Latin fidentia.

Noun

fiance f (oblique plural fiances, nominative singular fiance, nominative plural fiances)

  1. faith; confidence
    • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      En tels vassals deit hom aveir fiance !
      In such knights a man must have confidence!

Synonyms

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