noun
fiance
FEYE-uhns
noun
1
A man who is engaged to be married.
"She introduced her fiance to her parents over dinner."
How to Use Fiance
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe man a woman is engaged to marry.
Common mistake
Fiance (male) and fiancée (female) are pronounced the same but spelled differently — many writers drop the accent and second "e" in casual English.
Easily confused with
fiancee
Word Forms
fianced past tense, fiances singular
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Etymology
From French fiancé, the past participle of fiancer ("to promise, betroth").