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fiancé

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /fiˈɑnseɪ/
  • General-American: /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fiˈɒnseɪ/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: fiancée

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.

Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verloofde — man who is engaged to be married
  • Albanian: dhëndër — man who is engaged to be married
  • Arabic: خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Armenian: փեսա (pʻesa) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Armenian: փեսացու (pʻesacʻu) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Asturian: noviu — man who is engaged to be married
  • Asturian: promesu — man who is engaged to be married
  • Azerbaijani: adaxlı — man who is engaged to be married
  • Azerbaijani: nişanlı — man who is engaged to be married
  • Bashkir: кейәү (keyəw) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Basque: senargai — man who is engaged to be married
  • Basque: gizongai — man who is engaged to be married
  • Belarusian: жані́х (žaníx) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Belarusian: нарачо́ны (naračóny) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Bengali: বাগ্দত্ত (bagdotto) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Bulgarian: годени́к (godeník) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Bulgarian: жени́х (ženíh) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Burmese: သတို့သား (sa.tui.sa:) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Chinese Cantonese: 未婚夫 (mei6 fan1 fu1) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Chinese Mandarin: 未婚夫 (wèihūnfū) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Czech: snoubenec — man who is engaged to be married
  • Czech: zasnoubený — man who is engaged to be married
  • Old Czech: chot — man who is engaged to be married
  • Dalmatian: ninapto — man who is engaged to be married
  • Danish: forlovet — man who is engaged to be married
  • Danish: forlovede — man who is engaged to be married
  • Dutch: verloofde — man who is engaged to be married
  • Esperanto: fianĉo — man who is engaged to be married
  • Estonian: peigmees — man who is engaged to be married
  • Finnish: sulhanen — man who is engaged to be married
  • French: fiancé — man who is engaged to be married
  • Georgian: საქმრო (sakmro) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Georgian: ნეფე (nepe) — man who is engaged to be married
  • German: Verlobter — man who is engaged to be married
  • German: der Verlobte — man who is engaged to be married
  • Greek: αρραβωνιαστικός (arravoniastikós) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hebrew: אָרוּס (arús) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hindi: दुलहा (dulhā) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hindi: मँगेतर (maṅgetar) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hindi: मंगेतर (maṅgetar) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hindi: वर (var) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hindi: वाग्दत्त (vāgdatt) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hungarian: vőlegény — man who is engaged to be married
  • Hungarian: jegyes — man who is engaged to be married
  • Icelandic: unnusti — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ido: fiancitulo — man who is engaged to be married
  • Indonesian: tunangan — man who is engaged to be married
  • Italian: fidanzato — man who is engaged to be married
  • Japanese: 婚約者 (kon'yakusha) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Japanese: フィアンセ (fianse) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Kazakh: күйеу (küieu) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Khmer: គូកំណាន់ (kuu kɑmnan) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Korean: 약혼자 (yakhonja) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Central Kurdish: دەسگیران (desgîran) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Northern Kurdish: dezgir — man who is engaged to be married
  • Kyrgyz: куйоо (kuyoo) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Kyrgyz: күйөөлөгүч (küyöölögüc) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ladino: espozado — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ladino: aprometido — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ladino: despozado — man who is engaged to be married
  • Lao: ເຈົ້າບ່າວ (chao bāo) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Latin: sponsus — man who is engaged to be married
  • Latin: fidentiatus — man who is engaged to be married
  • Latvian: līgavainis — man who is engaged to be married
  • Lithuanian: sužadėtinis — man who is engaged to be married
  • Macedonian: сврше́ник (svršénik) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Malagasy: fofom-bady — man who is engaged to be married
  • Malay: tunang — man who is engaged to be married
  • Malayalam: പ്രതിശ്രുത വരൻ (pratiśruta varaṉ) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Māori: whaiāipo — man who is engaged to be married
  • Mongolian: сүйт залуу (süjt zaluu) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Norman: fianchi — man who is engaged to be married
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forlovede — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pannonian Rusyn: заручнїк (zaručnjik) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: وديزڼ (wǝdǝzãṇ) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: ودګڼی (wǝdgaṇay) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: چنغول (čanǧól) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: نامزاد (nāmzãd) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: زڼى (zᶕṇay) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Pashto: ژڼى (žǝ́ṇay) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Dari: نَامْزَد (nāmzad) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Iranian Persian: نامْزَد (nâmzad) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Polish: narzeczony — man who is engaged to be married
  • Portuguese: noivo — man who is engaged to be married
  • Romanian: logodnic — man who is engaged to be married
  • Russian: жени́х (ženíx) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Russian: наречённый (narečónnyj) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Scottish Gaelic: suirgheach — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ренӣк — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: вје̏ренӣк — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: за́ручнӣк — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȅrenīk — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: vjȅrenīk — man who is engaged to be married
  • Serbo-Croatian: záručnīk — man who is engaged to be married
  • Sicilian: zitu — man who is engaged to be married
  • Slovak: snúbenec — man who is engaged to be married
  • Slovak: ženích — man who is engaged to be married
  • Slovene: zaročenec — man who is engaged to be married
  • Spanish: novio — man who is engaged to be married
  • Spanish: prometido — man who is engaged to be married
  • Swahili: mchumba — man who is engaged to be married
  • Swedish: fästman — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tagalog: lalaking katikya — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tagalog: lalaking katipan — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tajik: домод (domod) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tajik: домодшаванда (domodšavanda) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tajik: номзад (nomzad) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tarifit: isri — man who is engaged to be married
  • Tatar: кияү (kiyäw) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Thai: คู่หมั้น (kûu-mân) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Turkish: nişanlı — man who is engaged to be married
  • Turkish: namzet — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ottoman Turkish: نامزد (namzed) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ottoman Turkish: نشانلی (nişanlı) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Turkmen: adagly — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ukrainian: жени́х (ženýx) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Ukrainian: наре́чений (naréčenyj) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Urdu: مَن٘گیتَر (maṅgetar) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Uyghur: يىگىت (yigit) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Uyghur: يۈرگىنى (yürgini) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Uzbek: qalliq — man who is engaged to be married
  • Vietnamese: chồng chưa cưới — man who is engaged to be married
  • Vietnamese: vị hôn phu — man who is engaged to be married
  • Welsh: dyweddi — man who is engaged to be married
  • Welsh: darpar ŵr — man who is engaged to be married
  • Yiddish: חתן (khosn) — man who is engaged to be married
  • Dutch: verloofde — person engaged to be married
  • Esperanto: gefianĉo — person engaged to be married
  • Finnish: kihlattu — person engaged to be married
  • German: Verlobter — person engaged to be married
  • German: Verlobte — person engaged to be married
  • Hindi: मँगेतर (maṅgetar) — person engaged to be married
  • Ido: fiancito — person engaged to be married
  • Latin: sponsus — person engaged to be married
  • Latin: sponsa — person engaged to be married
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forlovede — person engaged to be married
  • Swahili: mchumba — person engaged to be married
  • Tagalog: katikya — person engaged to be married