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fi·an·cé
(fē′än-sā′, fē-än′sā′)n.
A man to whom one is engaged to be married.
[French, from past participle of fiancer, to betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance, trust, from fier, to trust, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
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fiancé
(fɪˈɒnseɪ)n
a man who is engaged to be married
[C19: from French, from Old French fiancier to promise, betroth, from fiance a vow, from fier to trust, from Latin fīdere]
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fi•an•cé
(ˌfi ɑnˈseɪ, fiˈɑn seɪ)n.
a man engaged to be married; a man to whom a woman is engaged.
[1850–55; < French: betrothed]
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fiance
- French for "a promise."See also related terms for promise.
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fiancé
fiancéenoun husband- or wife-to-be, intended, betrothed, prospective spouse, future husband or wife He was intensely attracted to his fiancée.
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fiancé
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Translations
خطيبخَطِيبمَخْطوبَه، خَطيبَه
snoubenecsnoubenka
forlovedeforlovetkæreste
kihlattu / sulhanen
zaručnikvjerenik
vőlegény
unnusti, unnusta
婚約中の男性婚約者
약혼자
zaročenec
fästman
คู่หมั้นชาย
chồng sắp cưới
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fiancé
n → Verlobte(r) m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fiancé
(fiasei) , ((American) fi:ənˈsei) – feminine fiˈancée – noun a person to whom one is engaged to be married.
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fiance
→ خَطِيب snoubenec forlovede Verlobter μνηστήρας prometido kihlattu / sulhanen fiancé zaručnik fidanzato 婚約中の男性 약혼자 verloofde forlovede narzeczony noivo жених fästman คู่หมั้นชาย nişanlı chồng sắp cưới 未婚夫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fiancé
n prometido, novioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.