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How to pronounce fiance

Fiance is pronounced fee-ahn-SAY in American English and fee-ON-say in British English. It has three syllables, and the stress moves. Fiancée, the word for a woman, sounds the same.

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  • 3 syllables
  • Stress on SAY
  • Sounds like fiancée
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fiance

Three syllables, stress on the third

noun · the man you are going to marry

  1. feefiː
  2. ahnɑːn
  3. SAYseɪ (stressed)
  • US /ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/fee-ahn-SAY Recorded voice
  • UK /fiˈɒn.seɪ/fee-ON-say Your device’s voice

IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.

Fiance, sound by sound

Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.

US American English/ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/

  1. fee

    • /f/as in fall
    • /iː/as in see

  2. ahn

    • /ɑː/as in father
    • /n/as in now

  3. SAYstressed

    • /s/as in see
    • /eɪ/as in day

UK British English/fiˈɒn.seɪ/

  1. fee

    • /f/as in fall
    • /i/as in happy

  2. ONstressed

    • /ɒ/as in hot (UK)
    • /n/as in now

  3. say

    • /s/as in see
    • /eɪ/as in day

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Tip. US: fee-ahn-SAY, stressed at the end. UK: fee-ON-say, stressed in the middle.

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    Common fiance pronunciation mistakes

    What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say fee-ahn-SAY.

    • Notfy-AN-say

      Reading i as the eye sound. Start with fee.

    • Notfee-AN-see

      Ending in see and using a short a. The end is the ay of day.

    • NotFEE-ahn-say

      Putting the stress on the first syllable. The stress is on the last (US) or middle (UK).

    Fiance in a sentence

    Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.

    • She introduced her fiance to her parents.

    • My fiance and I are getting married in June.

    • His fiance is from a small village.

    How do you say fiance?

    Fiance is a French word with three syllables. It starts with fee, then a nasal sound written an in French, which English says as ahn (US) or on (UK), and ends with the ay of day.

    The stress changes between accents. In the US it is on the last syllable: fee-ahn-SAY. In Britain it is in the middle: fee-ON-say. Both dictionaries show that difference.

    The French word is fiancé, from fiancer, to promise. Fiancé is the man and fiancée is the woman, and they are said the same way. English often writes both without accents.

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