English

Noun

fiance ‎(plural fiances)

1. Alternative spelling of fiancé

Verb

fiance ‎(third-person singular simple present fiances, present participle fiancing, simple past and past participle fianced)

1. (obsolete) To betroth; to affiance.

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Anagrams

• fancie

French

Verb

fiance

1. first-person singular present indicative of fiancer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fiancer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fiancer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fiancer
5. second-person singular imperative of fiancer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French < fier +‎ -ance or Latin fidentia.

Noun

fiance f (plural fiances)

1. faith; confidence

Synonyms

• foy

Old French

Alternative forms

• fïance (occasional scholarly form)

Etymology

From the verb fier +‎ -ance or from Latin fidentia.

Noun

fiance f ‎(oblique plural fiances, nominative singular fiance, nominative plural fiances)

1. faith; confidence
   • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

     En tels vassals deit hom aveir fiance !

     In such knights a man must have confidence!

Synonyms

• foi