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fiance

fiance

1 3.0
A man who is engaged to be married
  • noun
  • /fiˈɑnˌseɪ/
translation icon : prometido
  • My fiance surprised me with a romantic dinner to celebrate our engagement.

So my brother and his fiance safely arrived.

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Examples

Synonyms

betrothed
vsfiance
  • Archaic
7 7.8

A person you are engaged to marry

is male specific rather than gender neutral
groom-to-be
vsfiance
2 3.0

A man who will soon get married

is the male term for the engaged partner

How Committed

spouse
272 1.0
fiance
1 3.0
partner
878 1.1
cohabitant
  • NSFW
6.1

Surface Forms

fiance singular
fiances plural

Etymology

Fiance comes from French and originally means 'promised'. It is related to the same idea as faith, or trust in a promise, so a fiance is the person you have promised to marry.