See fiance on Wiktionary
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],
[
"confidence",
"confidence"
]
],
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"feminine"
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}
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"word": "foy"
}
],
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}
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},
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"form": "fiance oblique singular or",
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},
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"Old French lemmas",
"Old French nouns",
"Old French terms derived from Latin",
"Old French terms suffixed with -ance",
"Old French terms with quotations",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"english": "In such knights a man must have confidence!",
"ref": "c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:",
"text": "En tels vassals deit hom aveir fiance !",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"faith; confidence"
],
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"faith",
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],
[
"confidence",
"confidence"
]
]
}
],
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{
"word": "foi"
},
{
"english": "occasional scholarly form",
"word": "fïance"
}
],
"word": "fiance"
}
Download raw JSONL data for fiance meaning in All languages combined (8.6kB)
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