"affiance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈfaɪ.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affiance.wav [Southern-England] Forms: affiances [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəns Etymology: From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|affiance}} Middle French affiance, {{m|frm|affier}} affier, {{der|en|ML.|affīdāre}} Medieval Latin affīdāre, {{m|la||*fīdāre}} *fīdāre, {{der|en|la|fīdere}} Latin fīdere, {{m|frm|-ance}} -ance Head templates: {{en-noun}} affiance (plural affiances)
  1. Faith, trust.
    Sense id: en-affiance-en-noun-hgef-FDH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 36
  2. (archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-affiance-en-noun-nrlfO3wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: affiaunce [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈfaɪ.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affiance.wav [Southern-England] Forms: affiances [present, singular, third-person], affiancing [participle, present], affianced [participle, past], affianced [past]
Rhymes: -aɪəns Etymology: From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|affiance}} Middle French affiance, {{m|frm|affier}} affier, {{der|en|ML.|affīdāre}} Medieval Latin affīdāre, {{m|la||*fīdāre}} *fīdāre, {{der|en|la|fīdere}} Latin fīdere, {{m|frm|-ance}} -ance Head templates: {{en-verb}} affiance (third-person singular simple present affiances, present participle affiancing, simple past and past participle affianced)
  1. (transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. Tags: transitive Derived forms: affiancer Related terms: fiance Translations (to be betrothed to): вричам се (Bulgarian), сгодявам се (Bulgarian), sich verloven met (Dutch), olla kihloissa (Finnish), sich verloben mit (German), eljegyez (Hungarian), trúlofast (Icelandic), luaigh le (Irish), обруча́ться (obručátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обручи́ться (obručítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-affiance-en-verb-xThFVWoW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: affiaunce [obsolete]

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: affiances [plural]
Etymology: From Old French afiance, from afier (“to promise”) + -ance. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|afiance}} Old French afiance, {{suffix|fro|afier|ance|gloss1=to promise|nocat=1}} afier (“to promise”) + -ance Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|affiances||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} affiance f (plural affiances), {{frm-noun|f}} affiance f (plural affiances)
  1. promise (verbal guarantee) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-affiance-frm-noun-SkeXUBgh Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "обручи́ться"
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}

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}

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