Translation
fiancée, bride-to-be
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Word origin
From French fiancé, from fier, to trust, out of Latin fidere. The Esperanto word is built rather than borrowed whole: fianĉo, the man, plus the feminine suffix -in-.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- fiancé
- English cognates
- fiancée, fidelity, confide
Examples
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He introduced his fiancée to the family.
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The fiancée wore a ring made of gold.
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She became my fiancée in the summer.
A clean affix build: - is the root, -in- marks a female, -o makes it a noun. is the man, the woman, oj the engaged couple. English borrowed both French forms and now has to remember which one takes the extra e; Esperanto derives one from the other and asks you to remember nothing.
The engagement itself is o, and to get engaged is i.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 3: fianĉino, universala, ardi and 6 more words.