fiançailles
French edit
Etymology edit
From fiancer (“to get engaged”) + -aille.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /fjɑ̃.saj/, /fjɑ̃.sɑj/, /fi.jɑ̃.saj/, /fi.jɑ̃.sɑj/
Audio (file) - Homophone: fiançaille
- Rhymes: -aj
Noun edit
fiançailles f pl (plural only)
- engagement (before a marriage); betrothal
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “fiançailles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.