affaire

From Middle Dutch affare, from Old French [Term?]. Spelling borrowed again from Middle French affaire. The sense “sexual affair” has been borrowed from English affair.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑˈfɛː.rə/

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• Hyphenation: af‧fai‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛːrə

affaire f (plural affaires, diminutive affairtje n)

1. matter, issue
2. political scandal or controversy
3. sexual affair
4. (dated) business

• affairisme
• affairist

a- +‎ faire This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /a.fɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophone: affaires

affaire f (plural affaires)

1. affair, business
2. deal
3. (informal) (usually used in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)
4. (informal) things; stuff
   • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 66:

     "Cibole! C'est pas le genre d'affaire qu'on oublie!" — Dangit! It's not the kind of stuff you just forget!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

5. (Quebec, informal) thingamajig
6. (informal, Louisiana) thing

• In the meaning of "thing, stuff", the word is also used as a plurale tantum.

• avoir affaire à

• faire
• affairement
• affairer

• “affaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French affaire.

affaire m (invariable)

1. Political controversy

From Old French afaire, from Latin ad + faciō.

affaire f (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) things

affaire f (oblique plural affaires, nominative singular affaire, nominative plural affaires)

1. Alternative form of afaire

Borrowed from French affaire.

affaire m (plural affaires)

1. affair, love affair

   Synonyms: aventura, affair

• “affaire” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.