fiancer

French

Etymology

From fiance +‎ -er. Compare Italian fidanzare.

Verb

fiancer

  1. to get engaged (to be married)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Conjugation of fiancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle fiançant
/fjɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle fiancé
/fjɑ̃.se/
infinitive
simple fiancer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple fiançant
/fjɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fiance
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiances
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiance
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiançons
/fjɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 fiancez
/fjɑ̃.se/		 fiancent
/fjɑ̃s/
imperfect fiançais
/fjɑ̃.sɛ/		 fiançais
/fjɑ̃.sɛ/		 fiançait
/fjɑ̃.sɛ/		 fiancions
/fjɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 fianciez
/fjɑ̃.sje/		 fiançaient
/fjɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 fiançai
/fjɑ̃.se/		 fianças
/fjɑ̃.sa/		 fiança
/fjɑ̃.sa/		 fiançâmes
/fjɑ̃.sam/		 fiançâtes
/fjɑ̃.sat/		 fiancèrent
/fjɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future fiancerai
/fjɑ̃.sʁe/		 fianceras
/fjɑ̃.sʁa/		 fiancera
/fjɑ̃.sʁa/		 fiancerons
/fjɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 fiancerez
/fjɑ̃.sʁe/		 fianceront
/fjɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional fiancerais
/fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 fiancerais
/fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 fiancerait
/fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 fiancerions
/fjɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fianceriez
/fjɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 fianceraient
/fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fiance
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiances
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiance
/fjɑ̃s/		 fiancions
/fjɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 fianciez
/fjɑ̃.sje/		 fiancent
/fjɑ̃s/
imperfect2 fiançasse
/fjɑ̃.sas/		 fiançasses
/fjɑ̃.sas/		 fiançât
/fjɑ̃.sa/		 fiançassions
/fjɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 fiançassiez
/fjɑ̃.sa.sje/		 fiançassent
/fjɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fiance
/fjɑ̃s/		 — fiançons
/fjɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 fiancez
/fjɑ̃.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French fiancier.

Verb

fiancer

  1. to promise
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 52:
      fiancerent tous que se Lancelot venoit ilz n yroient mie avec lui
      they all promised that if Lancelot came they wouldn't go with him

Conjugation
  • As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of fiancer
simple compound
infinitive fiancer avoir fiancé
gerund en fiançant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle fiançant
past participle fiancé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present fiance fiances fiance fiançons fiancez fiancent
imperfect fiançois, fiançoys fiançois, fiançoys fiançoit, fiançoyt fiancions, fiançons fianciez, fiancyez fiançoient, fiançoyent
past historic fiança fianças fiança fiançasmes fiançastes fiancerent
future fiancerai, fianceray fianceras fiancera fiancerons fiancerez fianceront
conditional fiancerois, fianceroys fiancerois, fianceroys fianceroit, fianceroyt fiancerions, fianceryons fianceriez, fianceryez fianceroient, fianceroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present fiance fiances fiance fiançons fiancez fiancent
imperfect fiançasse fiançasses fiançast fiançassions fiançassiez fiançassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— fiance — fiançons fiancez —

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