Home › Words › F › fiancefiance/ˈfaɪ.əns/fiance means to betroth; to affiance.fiance is pronounced /ˈfaɪ.əns/.EtymologyFrom Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer.verbTo betroth; to affiance.e.g.“he[…]therfore fianced he his daughter” — 1569, Thomas Stocker, A righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the Great:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.affiance 87% match — To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. vs fiance →affianced 79% match — engaged; betrothed vs fiance →betroth 75% match — Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to. vs fiance →betrothed 74% match — Engaged to be married. vs fiance →betrothen 72% match — Betrothed vs fiance →desponsate 70% match — To betroth. vs fiance →bewed 69% match — To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry. vs fiance →affiancer 69% match — Someone who writers a marriage contract. vs fiance →