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feminine

/fjɑ̃.se/

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Translation

fiancée, bride-to-be

Word origin

Feminine of fiancé, the past participle of fiancer ('to betroth'), from Old French fiance ('trust, pledge'), from fier ('to trust'), from Latin fidere ('to trust'). English borrowed both 'fiancé' and 'fiancée' straight from French in the nineteenth century.

Origin: Old French
Root: fiance
English cognates: fiancee, fidelity, confide

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralfiancées

Examples

Lyon .

His fiancée arrives from Lyon tomorrow morning.

, .

Let me introduce my fiancée, Claire.

She has been his fiancée for two years already.

The bride-to-be wore a very plain blue dress.

He gave his fiancée an antique ring.

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This word is part of lesson 39.