Plural of fiancée; multiple women who are engaged to be married.
From French 'fiancée' (feminine form of 'fiancé'), the past participle of 'fiancer.' In English, we've adopted the French feminine ending '-ée' to distinguish the female fiancée from the male fiancé, even though we don't typically preserve French gender distinctions.
It's curious that English kept the French gender distinction for fiancé/fiancée when we've largely dropped gender from other paired words—this shows how certain romantic words feel special enough to preserve their French elegance.
The feminine suffix '-ée' in French gendered this term exclusively female. English adoption preserved the gendered form; masculine 'fiancé' appeared later as a reverse borrowing, treating betrothal status as requiring gender marking.
Use 'fiancé' for any gender when specificity isn't needed, or 'betrothed partner' for explicit inclusion. Context determines necessity of gender marking.
["betrothed partner","fiancé (gender-neutral in modern usage)","engaged person"]
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