Fiançailles

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 der wichtigste Moment der Verlobung , 🇪🇸 el momento más importante del compromiso , 🇮🇹 il momento più importante del fidanzamento , 🇵🇹 o momento mais importante do noivado , 🇨🇳 订婚 , 🇯🇵 婚約における最も重要な瞬間 , 🇰🇷 약혼의 가장 중요한 순간 , 🇸🇦 أهم لحظة في الخُطبة , 🇮🇳 सगाई का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण क्षण

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Etymology

**fiançailles** (noun) comes from Old French *fiançâlle(s)*, the plural of *fiançâlle*, a diminutive of *fiançaie* “betrothal, pledge”. *Fiançaie* derives from Latin *fiducia* “trust, confidence”, which entered French as *fiance* “faith, pledge”, originally referring to a financial or symbolic guarantee made by the groom (and later the bride) to the family. Over time the term shifted from a general guarantee to specifically denote the engagement ceremony, giving rise to the modern plural *fiançailles*.

Synonyms

engagement alliance promesse de mariage serment de mariage pacte matrimonial engagement matrimonial vœux de mariage

Antonyms

célibat séparation désengagement dissolution annulation