noun · neutral
fiancé
UK/fiˈɒnseɪ/US/fiˈɑːnseɪ/fi·ANCÉ
Band 5-6speakingtask2
A man who is engaged to be married (the female form is fiancée).
Examples
“Her fiancé works in software development.”
“They introduced each other as 'fiancé' and 'fiancée'.”
“He gave the ring to his fiancée at the restaurant.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a thoughtful proposal, she told everyone that she and her fiancé planned to marry next autumn.”
Collocations
- my fiancé
- fiancé-to-be
Word family
fiancée noun (female)engaged adjective
Common mistakes
He is fiancé.→He is a fiancé. / He is engaged.
My fiancee is male.→My fiancé is male. / My fiancée is female.
Say it for a higher band
5boyfriend→6partner→7+fiancé
Synonyms
betrothed
engaged partner
Easily confused
fiancée
“She introduced her fiancée to the rest of the family.”
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