fiance or fiancee?

[Mia Sav 1]

Hi everyone,

I just can’t help sharing my observation here regarding some posts in VJ. It’s about the fiancé/fiancée term. I just can’t help being confused by others who posted & referred to the man they are engaged to marry as fiancée and call the woman they are engaged to marry as fiancé. I’m just wondering if most of us know the difference between the two words and the appropriate way to use them. Just sharing my thoughts, though!

[EricC 0]

I believe Fiancee is female form and Fiance is male

[djturbo 0]

I believe Fiancee is female form and Fiance is male

Your right!!! That's how we figured..

[edp333 9]

Your fiance is the man you plan to marry; your fiancee (or fiancée) is the woman you plan to marry.

You can look it up on bartlbe.com, online dictionary, or even wsu.edu.

[sj5 4]

Fiancé(e)

A man who is engaged to be married is called his partner's fiancé; a woman similarly engaged is called her partner's fiancée. These words are pronounced identically in English; the separate feminine form exists because of the inflectional morphology of grammatical gender in French, where the term originated.

[sj5 4]

Fiancé= A man to whom a woman is engaged to be married.

fiancéé=A woman to whom a man is engaged to be married.

Fiancé(e)

A man who is engaged to be married is called his partner's fiancé; a woman similarly engaged is called her partner's fiancée. These words are pronounced identically in English; the separate feminine form exists because of the inflectional morphology of grammatical gender in French, where the term originated.

Edited February 27, 2008 by SJ

[David-and-Mae 15]

Fiance - if the woman is talking about her significant other

Fiancee - if the man is talking about his significant other

Edited February 27, 2008 by David-Mae Forever

[anne07 0]

how are they pronounced?

[dbears 1]

how are they pronounced?

fiance and fiancee are pronounced the same way.

Edited February 27, 2008 by dbears

[Mia Sav 1]

how are they pronounced?

fiance and fiancee are pronounced the same way.

Yes you pronounce the two words the same way but they are spelled out differently!

Edited February 27, 2008 by nikmia

[joemaria 0]

...pronounce same but spelled out differently.

fiance- male whom u engaged to marry

fiance'e- female whom u engaged to marry

[pjj 0]

Excuse my ignorance, but I am a Filipino. I do not have an American tongue. Please do not expect Filipinos to be experts in English, like we do not expect Americans to be experts in the Pilipino language.

Ako'y Pinoy na may sariling wika

Ako'y di sanay sa wikang banyaga

Ako'y Pinoy

Pinoy na sinilang sa ating bansa

Edited February 27, 2008 by pjj

[Derrel & Lai 0]

how are they pronounced?

This link will give you definition and pronunciation.

FIANCE

- Derrel

[dbears 1]

Excuse my ignorance, but I am a Filipino. I do not have an American tongue. Please do not expect Filipinos to be experts in English, like we do not expect Americans to be experts in the Pilipino language.

Ako'y Pinoy na may sariling wika

Ako'y di sanay sa wikang banyaga

Ako'y Pinoy

Pinoy na sinilang sa ating bansa

Sad to say, compared to foreigners, Filipinos are more meticulous with grammar, syntax, pronunciation, articulation, elocution, intonation, enunciation, diction and whatever other "tion" there is.

I am sure all of us have gone through elementary, highschool, college and even in the workforce where a single mispronounced word would surely precede snickering from those around you (teacher lang ata di tatawa). And there are even cruel people who just can't let go immediately and would even tease you mercilessly till you turn red and teary eyed. GEE, i could just smile remembering my NOSE BLEEDING moments especially in high school and college.

i still have occasional "bisayan tongue" slip.. only "occasional" slip becoz i try to avoid speaking in english when im talking with a filipino.. mahirap na dudugo lang ilong ko so, i'd rather reserve all the english i picked on the street for my fiance.

Ako ay BISDAK na may sariling wika! VIVA BISAYA!!!

[pjj 0]

I know what you mean. There is too much colonial mentality in the Philippines. Just look at those people who make fun of Manny Pacquiao or ERAP because he speaks carabao english. All I can say to those people is, "what do you expect? They're not American or British."

I've lived in Japan, and in Japan they don't care if they make mistake on speaking or writing English. Why? Because it's not there own language. In fact Japanese don't even want to speak English.

Oh BTW, in America if the person you're talking to don't understand you, he'll raise his voice and say, "DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?"

Excuse my ignorance, but I am a Filipino. I do not have an American tongue. Please do not expect Filipinos to be experts in English, like we do not expect Americans to be experts in the Pilipino language.

Ako'y Pinoy na may sariling wika

Ako'y di sanay sa wikang banyaga

Ako'y Pinoy

Pinoy na sinilang sa ating bansa

Sad to say, compared to foreigners, Filipinos are more meticulous with grammar, syntax, pronunciation, articulation, elocution, intonation, enunciation, diction and whatever other "tion" there is.

I am sure all of us have gone through elementary, highschool, college and even in the workforce where a single mispronounced word would surely precede snickering from those around you (teacher lang ata di tatawa). And there are even cruel people who just can't let go immediately and would even tease you mercilessly till you turn red and teary eyed. GEE, i could just smile remembering my NOSE BLEEDING moments especially in high school and college.

i still have occasional "bisayan tongue" slip.. only "occasional" slip becoz i try to avoid speaking in english when im talking with a filipino.. mahirap na dudugo lang ilong ko so, i'd rather reserve all the english i picked on the street for my fiance.

Ako ay BISDAK na may sariling wika! VIVA BISAYA!!!

Edited February 27, 2008 by pjj