fiançaille
French, noun/fjɑ̃.saj/
fiançaille is spelled F-I-A-N-Ç-A-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fiançaille is a French feminine noun meaning “engagement (before a marriage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Fiançailles (Si cet emploi au singulier est rare en français moderne, il est fréquent au Québec)”.
What does fiançaille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletebetrothal
- 2
feminineengagement (before a marriage)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ou Fiançailles (Si cet emploi au singulier est rare en français moderne, il est fréquent au Québec).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fiançaille
- fiançailles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fiançaille?
- /fjɑ̃.saj/
- /fjɑ̃.sɑj/
- /fi.jɑ̃.saj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fiançaille in French?
fiançaille appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).