affaire
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
affaire f (plural affaires)
- affair, business
- deal
- (Quebec, informal) things; stuff
- 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, ISBN 2-89021-276-9, page 66:
- "Cibole! C'est pas le genre d'affaire qu'on oublie!" — Dangit! It's not the kind of stuff you just forget!
- 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, ISBN 2-89021-276-9, page 66:
- (Quebec, informal) thingamajig
Usage notes [edit]
- In the meaning of "thing, stuff", the word is also used as a plurale tantum.
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Guernésiais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French afaire, from Latin ad + faciō, facere.
Noun [edit]
affaire f (usually uncountable)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French
Noun [edit]
affaire m (invariable)
- Political controversy
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
affaire f (oblique plural affaires, nominative singular affaire, nominative plural affaires)
- Alternative form of afaire.
Categories:
- French words prefixed with a-
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Quebec French
- French informal terms
- Guernésiais terms derived from Old French
- Guernésiais terms derived from Latin
- Guernésiais nouns
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian nouns
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Old French alternative forms
