fiancée

Borrowed from French fiancée.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/, /fiɑnˈseɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fiˈɒnseɪ/

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• Homophones: fiancé

fiancée (plural fiancées, masculine fiancé)

1. A woman who is engaged to be married.

• Traditionally, the spelling fiancée is used for a woman who is engaged, with fiancé being the male counterpart. (This is a reflection of the corresponding distinction in French.) However, this distinction is not reliably followed today.

• fiancé

• engage
• marriage

• faience

fiancé +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /fjɑ̃.se/

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• Homophone: fiancé

fiancée f sg

1. feminine singular of the past participle of fiancer

fiancée f (plural fiancées)

1. female equivalent of fiancé (“fiancé”); a fiancée
2. a large yellow underwing

• → English: fiancée
• → Japanese: フィアンセ (fianse)

• caféine
• faïence