fiancé

or fi·an·ce

[ fee-ahn-sey, fee-ahn-sey ]
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noun
  1. a man engaged to be married.

Origin of fiancé

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First recorded in 1850–55; from French: “betrothed,” past participle of fiancer, Old French fiancier, verbal derivative of fiance “a promise,” equivalent to fi(er) “to trust” (from unattested Vulgar Latin fīdāre, Latin fīdere ) + -ance noun suffix; see -ance, -ee

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See fiancée.

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fiancé

/ (fɪˈɒnseɪ) /


noun
  1. a man who is engaged to be married

Origin of fiancé

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C19: from French, from Old French fiancier to promise, betroth, from fiance a vow, from fier to trust, from Latin fīdere

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