romantic and sexual partners

fiancee

fiancee [noun]

the woman who someone is engaged to be married to

US /ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/ 
UK /fiˈɒn.seɪ/ 

­(زن‌) نامزد

مثال: 

Hassan's fiancée is called Pervin.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fiancée

 noun
A man's fiancée is the woman he has promised to marry.

 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fiancée

fiancée /fiˈɒnseɪ $ ˌfiːɑːnˈseɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: fiancé used for females]
the woman who a man is going to marry
• • •
THESAURUS
girlfriend a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: Katherine was his first girlfriend.
partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: He brought his partner along to the party.
old flame informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: I found a love letter from one of his old flames.
mistress a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful: The president had a mistress for many years.
lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to: He was going to meet his secret lover.
fiancée the woman who a man is going to marry: Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.
ex informal a man's former wife or girlfriend: My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.
be going out with somebody if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend: She's going out with a guy she met at work.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fiancée

fi·an·cée [fiancée fiancées]   [fiˈɒnseɪ]    [ˌfiːɑːnˈseɪ]  noun
the woman that a man is engaged to
Paul and his fiancée were there.  
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children

pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fiancée / fiˈɒn.seɪ /   / ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ / noun [ C ]

the woman who someone is engaged to be married to

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fiancée

[fiɒ̱nseɪ, AM fi͟ːɑːnse͟ɪ]
 fiancées
 N-COUNT: usu poss N
 A man's fiancée is the woman to whom he is engaged to be married.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

fiancee

fi·an·cée /ˌfiːˌɑːnˈseɪ, fiˈɑːnˌseɪ/ noun, pl -cées [count] : a woman that a man is engaged to be married to
• My fiancée and I will be married in June.

fiance

fiance [noun]

the man who someone is engaged to be married to

US /ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ/ 
UK /fiˈɒn.seɪ/ 

­(مرد) نامزد

مثال: 

Have you met Christina's fiancé?

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fiancé

 noun
A woman's fiancé is the man she has promised to marry.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fiancé

fian /fiˈɒnseɪ $ ˌfiːɑːnˈseɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: past participle of fiancer 'to promise (in marriage)']
the man who a woman is going to marry
• • •
THESAURUS
boyfriend a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: Josh was my first boyfriend.
partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get. | Partners are also welcome.
fiancé the man whom a woman is going to marry: Her fiancé was killed in the war.
lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: A few nights later, they became lovers.
ex informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend: Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
old flame informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past: In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
man informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend: She’ll always stand by her man.
sweetheart old-fashioned the person that you love: They were childhood sweethearts.
beau old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover - a very old-fashioned use: Does she have a beau?
toy boy informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman: A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
sugar daddy informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex: I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
be going out with somebody if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend: She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.
⇨ ↑girlfriend

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fiancé / fiˈɒn.seɪ /   / ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ / noun [ C ]

the man who someone is engaged to be married to:

Have you met Christina's fiancé?

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fiancé

[fiɒ̱nseɪ, AM fi͟ːɑːnse͟ɪ]
 fiancés
 N-COUNT: usu poss N
 A woman's fiancé is the man to whom she is engaged to be married.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

fiance

fi·an·cé /ˌfiːˌɑːnˈseɪ, fiˈɑːnˌseɪ/ noun, pl -cés [count] : a man that a woman is engaged to be married to
• Let me introduce my fiancé.

husband

husband [noun]

the man that a woman is married to

US /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 
UK /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 

شوهر، همسر

مثال: 

She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.

سال پیش او شوهرش را بر اثر سرطان از دست داد.

the man that a woman is married to

معادل فارسی: 

شوهر، همسر

مثال انگلیسی: 

She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.

سال پیش او شوهرش را بر اثر سرطان از دست داد.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

husband

 noun
the man that a woman is married to Look at wife.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

husband

I. husband1 S1 W1 /ˈhʌzbənd/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: husbonda, from Old Norse, from hus 'house' + bondi 'someone who lives in a house']
1. [countable] the man that a woman is married to ⇨ wife:
Have you met my husband Roy?
2. ex-husband a man that a woman used to be married to
3. husband and wife a man and woman who are married to each other

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

hus·band [husband husbands husbanded husbanding] noun, verb   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play

 

noun (also informal hubby)
the man that a woman is married to; a married man
This is my husband, Steve.  
Word Origin:
late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.  
Thesaurus:
husband noun C
He is her second husband.
manpartner|informal hubby|informal, especially spoken, often humorous sb's other half|formal law spouse
Opp: wife
sb's future husband/spouse
sb's former/ex- husband/partner/spouse
have/find a husband/partner 
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband) 
Example Bank:
She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.
She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
That was the day she met her future husband.
They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.
He is her second husband.
• It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.

Idiom: husband and wife 

verb ~ sth (formal)
to use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it
• Times are hard and we have to husband our resources.

• She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.

 

Word Origin:

late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

husband (SAVE) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
verb [T] FORMAL
to use something carefully so that you do not use all of it

husbandry /ˈhʌz.bən.dri/
noun [U] OLD USE
the careful use of money, food, supplies, etc.

husband (MAN) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
noun [C]
the man to whom a woman is married:
I've never met Fiona's husband.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

husband

/hʌzbənd/
(husbands)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A woman’s husband is the man she is married to.
Eva married her husband Jack in 1957...

N-COUNT: oft poss N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1hus·band /ˈhʌzbənd/ noun, pl -bands [count] : a married man : the man someone is married to
• Have you met her husband?
• They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.

wife

wife [noun]

the woman that a man is married to

US /waɪf/ 
UK /waɪf/ 

همسر، زن

مثال: 

This is my wife, Julie.

این همسر من، جولی است.

the woman that a man is married to

معادل فارسی: 

همسر، زن

مثال انگلیسی: 

This is my wife, Julie.

این همسر من، جولی است.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

wife

 noun (plural wives )
the woman that a man is married to

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wife

wife S1 W1 /waɪf/ BrE AmE noun (plural wives /waɪvz/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wif 'woman, wife']
the woman that a man is married to ⇨ husband, spouse:
Have you met my wife?
a refuge for battered wives
his second wife
ex-wife/former wife
He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wife

wife [wife wives]   [waɪf]    [waɪf]  noun (pl. wives   [waɪvz]  ;   [waɪvz]  )
the woman that a man is married to; a married woman
the doctor's wife
She's his second wife.
an increase in the number of working wives
see also  fishwife, housewife, midwife, trophy wife, see husband and wife at  husband  n., an old wives' tale at  old, (all) the world and his wife at  world  
Word Origin:
Old English wīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.  
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband) 
Example Bank:
His long-suffering wife had to put up with his numerous affairs.
His wife has just given birth to a son.
I first met my wife at college.
Mr Thomas is survived by his wife, Muriel.
She's a classic trophy wife— beautiful and half his age.
The general was accompanied by his wife.
With a dependent wife and children, he can't afford to lose his job.
a hostel for battered wives
• At that time there was an increase in the number of working wives.

• This is my wife, Julie.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wife

wife /waɪf/
noun [C] plural wives
the woman to whom a man is married; a married woman:
I met Greg's wife for the first time.
She's his third wife (= She is the third woman to whom he has been married).

wifely /ˈwaɪ.fli/
adjective OLD-FASHIONED
like a wife or relating to a wife:
wifely duties

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

wife

/waɪf/
(wives)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A man’s wife is the woman he is married to.
He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...
The woman was the wife of a film director.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

wife

wife /ˈwaɪf/ noun, pl wives /ˈwaɪvz/ [count] : a married woman : the woman someone is married to
• We met him and his wife.
• They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.
- compare husband; see also fishwife, housewife, trophy wife

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