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fiancer

become engaged, get engaged

verb fyahn-SEH Less Common

Origin: French fiance, from Old French fiance (trust)

Usage Note

Fiancer is almost always used reflexively as se fiancer (to get engaged to marry). Il se fiance avec elle means 'he gets engaged to her'. The noun fiancé (m) / fiancée (f) has been borrowed directly into English. The engagement ring is une bague de fiançailles.

Examples

"Ils se sont fiancés le week-end dernier."

Natural Translation

They got engaged last weekend.

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