fiançailles

Definition: (fem plural noun) - engagement

Nos fiançailles ont duré 6 mois, et puis je les ai rompues - Our engagement lasted 6 months, and then I broke it

Ils ont invité le tout-Paris à leur dîner de fiançailles - They invited everyone who's anyone in Paris to their engagement dinner

Related: se fiancer - to get engaged; un fiancé, une fiancée - fiance

More:

   * French love language
   * French terms of endearment
   * Plural French nouns with singular English equivalents

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Pronunciation: [fya(n) sahy]Audio Link