fiancée
English
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Audio (UK) (file) - Homophones: fiancé
Noun
fiancée (plural fiancées, masculine fiancé)
Usage notes
- 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.
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Translations
woman who is engaged to be married
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French
Etymology
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Participle
fiancée f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of fiancer
Noun
fiancée f (plural fiancées)
- (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of fiancé (“fiancé”); a fiancée
- a large yellow underwing
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