noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/fiˈɒ̃.seɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/fiˈɒn.seɪ/
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General-American:/fiˈɑn.seɪ/
General-American:/ˌfi.ɑnˈseɪ/
homophone: fiancé
1
noun
Meaning 1
A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree French fiancé Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French fiancéebor. English fiancée Borrowed from French fiancée.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
nuse
— woman who is engaged to be married
Arabic:
خَطِيبَة
(ḵaṭība)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Armenian:
հարս
(hars)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Armenian:
հարսնացու
(harsnacʻu)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Azerbaijani:
adaxlı
— woman who is engaged to be married
Azerbaijani:
nişanlı
— woman who is engaged to be married
Basque:
emaztegai
— woman who is engaged to be married
Basque:
andregai
— woman who is engaged to be married
Belarusian:
няве́ста
(njavjésta)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Belarusian:
нарачо́ная
(naračónaja)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Bengali:
বাগ্দত্তা
(bagdotta)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Bulgarian:
годени́ца
(godeníca)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Burmese:
သတို့သမီး
(sa.tui.sa.mi:)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Chinese Cantonese:
未婚妻
(mei6 fan1 cai1)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Chinese Mandarin:
未婚妻
(wèihūnqī)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Wu Chinese:
飛洋傘 /飞洋伞
(1fi-yan-se)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Chukchi:
ӈэвъэнлыӄыл
(ṇėvʺėnlyqyl)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Czech:
snoubenka
— woman who is engaged to be married
Dalmatian:
ninapta
— woman who is engaged to be married
Danish:
forlovet
— woman who is engaged to be married
Danish:
kæreste
— woman who is engaged to be married
Dutch:
verloofde
— woman who is engaged to be married
Esperanto:
fianĉino
— woman who is engaged to be married
Estonian:
mõrsja
— woman who is engaged to be married
Finnish:
morsian
— woman who is engaged to be married
French:
fiancée
— woman who is engaged to be married
Georgian:
საცოლე
(sacole)
— woman who is engaged to be married
German:
Verlobte
— woman who is engaged to be married
German:
Braut
— woman who is engaged to be married
Greek:
αρραβωνιαστικιά
(arravoniastikiá)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hebrew:
אֲרוּסָה
(arusa)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hindi:
मँगेतर
(maṅgetar)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hindi:
मंगेतर
(maṅgetar)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hindi:
वाग्दत्ता
(vāgdattā)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hindi:
दुलहिन
(dulhin)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hindi:
दुल्हन
(dulhan)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hungarian:
menyasszony
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hungarian:
ara
— woman who is engaged to be married
Hungarian:
mátka
— woman who is engaged to be married
Icelandic:
unnusta
— woman who is engaged to be married
Ido:
fiancitino
— woman who is engaged to be married
Italian:
fidanzata
— woman who is engaged to be married
Japanese:
婚約者
(kon'yakusha)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Japanese:
フィアンセ
(fianse)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Kazakh:
қалыңдық
(qalyñdyq)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Khmer:
គូកំណាន់
(kuu kɑmnan)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Korean:
약혼녀
(yakhonnyeo)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Kyrgyz:
колукту
(koluktu)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Ladino:
espozada
— woman who is engaged to be married
Latin:
sponsa
— woman who is engaged to be married
Latvian:
līgava
— woman who is engaged to be married
Lithuanian:
sužadėtinė
— woman who is engaged to be married
Macedonian:
сврше́ница
(svršénica)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Malagasy:
fofom-bady
— woman who is engaged to be married
Malay:
tunang
— woman who is engaged to be married
Māori:
whaiāipo
— woman who is engaged to be married
Norman:
fianchie
— woman who is engaged to be married
Norwegian Bokmål:
forlovede
— woman who is engaged to be married
Oromo:
kaadhimaa
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pannonian Rusyn:
заручнїца
(zaručnjica)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pashto:
چنغاله
(čenǧãla)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pashto:
چنغله
(čenǧalá)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pashto:
کوژدن
(koẑdǝn)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pashto:
کوېژده
(kweždá)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Pashto:
کوزده
(kozdá)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Dari:
نَامْزَد
(nāmzad)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Iranian Persian:
نامْزَد
(nâmzad)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Polish:
narzeczona
— woman who is engaged to be married
Portuguese:
noiva
— woman who is engaged to be married
Romani:
piramnyi
— woman who is engaged to be married
Romanian:
logodnică
— woman who is engaged to be married
Russian:
неве́ста
(nevésta)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Russian:
наречённая
(narečónnaja)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
ве̏реница
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
вје̏реница
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
за́ручница
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
vȅrenica
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
vjȅrenica
— woman who is engaged to be married
Serbo-Croatian:
záručnica
— woman who is engaged to be married
Slovak:
snúbenica
— woman who is engaged to be married
Slovene:
zaročenka
— woman who is engaged to be married
Spanish:
novia
— woman who is engaged to be married
Spanish:
prometida
— woman who is engaged to be married
Swahili:
mchumba
— woman who is engaged to be married
Swedish:
fästmö
— woman who is engaged to be married
Tagalog:
babaeng katikya
— woman who is engaged to be married
Tagalog:
babaeng katipan
— woman who is engaged to be married
Tajik:
арӯс
(arüs)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Tajik:
арус
(arus)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Tajik:
номзад
(nomzad)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Thai:
คู่หมั้น
(kûu-mân)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Turkish:
nişanlı
— woman who is engaged to be married
Ukrainian:
наре́чена
(naréčena)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Urdu:
مَن٘گیتَر
(maṅgetar)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Urdu:
دُلْہَن
(dulhan)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Uyghur:
بولغۇسى كېلىن
(bolghusi këlin)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Uyghur:
سۆيگەن قىزى
(söygen qizi)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Uyghur:
كېلىن
(këlin)
— woman who is engaged to be married
Uzbek:
kelin
— woman who is engaged to be married
Vietnamese:
vợ chưa cưới
— woman who is engaged to be married
Vietnamese:
vị hôn thê
— woman who is engaged to be married
Walloon:
mayon
— woman who is engaged to be married
Walloon:
comere
— woman who is engaged to be married
Welsh:
dyweddi
— woman who is engaged to be married
Welsh:
darpar wraig
— woman who is engaged to be married
Zazaki:
vaşti
— woman who is engaged to be married
Zazaki:
nışanın
— woman who is engaged to be married