English-French translations for engagement

• fiançailles
  Les fiançailles, qui ont été longues, sont terminées et nous voilà mariés. The engagement – a long one – has come to an end, and we have wed.
  Mon propre assistant vient juste de faire un aller-retour rapide à Stockholm ce week-end pour une fête de fiançailles - même pas un mariage, non, des fiançailles. My own assistant just popped over to Stockholm this weekend for an engagement party – not even a wedding, just an engagement party.
  Mais, certains considèrent aujourd’hui qu’au bout de ces longues fiançailles, le mariage n’est plus à l’ordre du jour. There are those who feel, however, that, at the end of this long engagement, marriage is no longer on the agenda.
• accordailles
• bataille
• engagement
  Mon quatrième point concerne l'engagement. My fourth point concerns engagement.
  Ce qui fonctionne, c’est l’engagement et le dialogue. What works is engagement and dialogue.

Definition of engagement

• An appointment, especially to speak or perform
• Connection or attachment
• The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
• In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities
• The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter

Synonyms

• commitment
• action

Examples

• The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
• Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
• We are enjoying a long engagement, but havent yet set a date.
• The engagement resulted in many casualties.
• After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail

Related words

• disengagement
• reengagement
• engagement ring
• engagement book
• engagement area
• system of engagement