[fee-ahn-sey, fee-ahn-sey] Show IPA
–noun
a man engaged to be married; a man to whom a woman is engaged.
Origin:
1850–55; < French: betrothed, past participle of fiancer, Old French fiancier, verbal derivative of fiance a promise, equivalent to fi ( er ) to trust (< Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, Latin fīdere ) + -ance -ance; see -ee
—Can be confused: fiancée, faience.
Fiancée:
[fee-ahn-sey, fee-ahn-sey] Show IPA
–noun
a woman engaged to be married; a woman to whom a man is engaged.
Origin:
1850–55; < French; feminine of fiancé
—Can be confused: fiancé,
