March 8, 2011 Posted by koshal

Fiance vs Fiancee
 

The difference in definitions that exist between fiancé and fiancée make it necessary for us to use them for different purposes, to refer to different people. However, fiancé and fiancée are often confused by many and there are some who use these words almost interchangeably. These are actually French nouns that refer to a person getting married. In French language, nouns are male and female, which means every noun is either male or female. Thus, fiancé and fiancée are male and female nouns used to refer to a person about to be married. There is quite a bit of difference between them as fiancé refers to a male who has been engaged and about to get married while fiancée refers to a woman engaged to a man waiting for her marriage. Fiancé is pronounced as fɪˈɒnseɪ and fiancée is also pronounced