- 1未婚夫
A fiancé is the man a woman is going to marry: her promised husband in the time between yes and the wedding. English borrowed the word from French, and careful writing keeps the accent (fiancé), though many people type fiance. Textbooks still teach a pair: fiancé for the man, fiancée with an extra e for the woman, following French. That is the form exams and formal notices still want. Though actually, real use is looser. Some people now use fiancé for any person who is engaged; some couples avoid both French forms and say husband-to-be or the person I'm going to marry. It is a slightly dressed-up word. Friends may just say my boyfriend — we're engaged. Fiancé turns up on invitations, in newspapers, and when someone wants the promise to sound official. He is not a husband yet.
From the word’s history
Borrowed from French fiancé; compare affiance.
借自法文 fiancé「訂了婚的男子」。
組成Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance, an older English word for a marriage pledge.
同家族的字
- fiancéethe woman who is engaged; French marks her with an extra e
- affianceolder English for the same pledge of marriage
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fiancénoun/fiˈɑnseɪ/
- 1
A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
- 2
A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.
- West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé.
- He could not bear to think about the idea that his fiancé could die in their dream home where they had shared so many unforgettable moments together.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。