Affiance

Definition: Affiance

Affiance

Verb

1. Give to, in marriage.

Date "affiance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Synonyms: Affiance

Synonyms: betroth (v), engage (v), plight (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Hope	Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.
Marriage	Marry, join, handfast; couple; (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth; (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.
Promise	Engagement, preengagement; affiance; betroth, betrothal, betrothment.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Affiance

English words defined with "affiance": Affiancing, Affy. (references)

Etymologies containing "affiance": Affidavit. (references)

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Language		Translations for "affiance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fejoj (betroth, engage), fejesë (betrothal, contract, engagement, espousal). (various references)

Arabic		‏خطب (contract, declaim, deliver, harangue, jaw, make a speech, speak, speechify). (various references)

Bulgarian		сгодяване (plight), сгодявам (betroth, plight), обричане, обричам (doom, vow). (various references)

Czech		zasnoubit. (various references)

German		Verlobung (betrothal, betrothment, engagement, espousal). (various references)

Greek		εμπιστοσύνη (conficence, confidence, confidence in, dependence, reliance, trust, trustfulness, trustiness), αρραβώνασ (betrothal), αραβωνίζω. (various references)

Hungarian		hit (belief, conviction, creed, faith, persuasion, religion, troth), eljegyzés (betrothal, contract, engagement, espousal). (various references)

Indonesian		pertunangan (betrothal, engagement), kaul (gobbler). (various references)

Italian		promettere in matrimonio, fidanzare (betroth). (various references)

Pig Latin		affianceay

Portuguese		prometer (hold out, make a promise, promise, vow), promessa (engagement, hope, promise, vow, word), jurar fidelidade, juramento (oath, swearing, swearing-in, vow), fé (belief, confidence, faith, Fay, religion, trust), confiança (assurance, assuredness, belief, confidence, credit, dependability, dependence, dependency, faith, hope, hopeless, reliability, reliance, reposal, trust), compromisso (accommodation, appointment, commitment, committal, compromise, engagement, indecency, obligation, plight, promise, undertaking). (various references)

Romanian		logodnã (betrothal, engagement, espousal), logodi (betroth, engage), încredere (belief, confidence, credit, dependence, faith, reliability, reliance, reposal, security, trust). (various references)

Russian		обещание верности, доверие (confidence, credence, credit, dependence, faith, reliance, trust). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vera (belief, credence, creed, faith, persuasion, religion, trust), poverenje (confidence, faith, reliance, trust). (various references)

Spanish		desposorio (espousal), dar palabra de casamiento. (various references)

Turkish		nişanlanmak (be engaged, betroth oneself, espouse, get engaged), nişan (badge, betrothal, brand, butt, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, medal, order, plume, sign, target), inanç (belief, confidence, conscience, conviction, credence, credo, creed, cult, dogma, faith, faithfulness, opinion, opinions, persuasion, positiveness, reliance, religion, tenet), güven (assurance, belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependance, dependence, faith, positiveness, reliance, sureness, trust). (various references)

Ukranian		урочисто обіцяти при сватанні, обіцянка (faith, parole, promise, troth, word), заручення (commission, contract), заручатися (bespeak), заручини (betrothal, espousals, plight), довір'я (confidence, credit, dependence, faith, reliance, tick, trust). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tín nhiệm lễ ăn hỏi, lễ đính hôn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sponsa, sponsabant, sponsabo, sponsas, sponso, sponsor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "affiance": affianced, affiances. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Affiance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Affane, affina, affins, affuence, afian, effiency, Efibanca, Malfiance. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-f-i-n"
	-1 letter: caffein.
	-2 letters: affine, fiance.
	-3 letters: aecia, facia, faena.
	-4 letters: acne, cafe, caff, cain, cane, cine, face, fain, fane, fice, fief, fife, fine, naif, neif, nice.
	-5 letters: ace, aff, ain, ana, ane, ani, can, eff, fan, fen, fie, fin, ice, iff, nae.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-f-f-i-n"
	+1 letter: affianced, affiances.
	+2 letters: affirmance.
	+3 letters: affectation, affectional, affirmances, caffeinated.
	+4 letters: affectations, affectionate, decaffeinate, ineffaceable, ineffaceably.
	+5 letters: affectionally, decaffeinated, decaffeinates, dieffenbachia, disaffirmance.
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