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fiancée

noun · 1 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /fiˈɒ̃.seɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fiˈɒn.seɪ/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /fiˈɑn.seɪ/
  • General-American: /ˌfi.ɑnˈseɪ/
  • homophone: fiancé

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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