fiancé

or fi·an·ce

[ fee-ahn-sey, fee-ahn-sey ]

noun

1. a man engaged to be married.

fiancé

/ fɪˈɒnseɪ /

noun

1. a man who is engaged to be married

Gender Note

See fiancée.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiancé¹

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; -ance, -ee

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiancé¹

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

Example Sentences

Just this year we sponsored the Reaching Out MBA Conference and in that conference I introduced my fiancé to everybody.

From The Daily Beast

Nearly all the coverage focused on Ray Rice punching his fiancé senseless and Adrian Peterson beating his child.

From The Daily Beast

She works part-time in a Laundromat and lives in a homeless shelter in New York with her fiancé and 13-year-old son.

From The Daily Beast

My dear friend Jennifer Longdon, a gun owner herself, was shot in 2004 sitting in a car with her fiancé.

From The Daily Beast

Thomas butted heads with higher-ups who wanted the series finale to be Ann Marie marrying her fiancé, Donald.

From The Daily Beast

So far, except that he possessed an exceptionally charming voice, I had no chance of forming an opinion of my cousin's fiancé.

From Project Gutenberg

I replied that it was; then, having heard quite enough for one day of the charms of Ethne's fiancé, I took my leave.

From Project Gutenberg

If the term "steady" is used where the world of wealth and leisure would use fiancé, the under wage-earning world is reached.

From Project Gutenberg

The daughter had a fiancé named Allen who liked roughing it, too; so he went along.

From Project Gutenberg

She started at the word fiancé, and the smile on her face was a study.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• affianced
• affianced person
• betrothed
• engaged person
• future mate
• groom-to-be
• husband-to-be
• intended
• prospective spouse