noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/fiˈɑnseɪ/
General-American:/ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/fiˈɒ̃seɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/fiˈɒnseɪ/
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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