афера

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via Russian афе́ра (aféra) from French affaire.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈfɛrɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

афе́ра (aféraf

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adultery)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

афера (aferaf

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adultery)
  3. false rumour (in the idiom "шири афери")

Declension[edit]

Russian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French affaire.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

афе́ра (aféraf inan (genitive афе́ры, nominative plural афе́ры, genitive plural афе́р, relational adjective афе́рный, diminutive афе́рка)

  1. speculation, fraud, shady deal

Declension[edit]

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French affaire, from faire (to do), from Latin ad- + faciō (to do).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /afěːra/
  • Hyphenation: а‧фе‧ра

Noun[edit]

афе́ра f (Latin spelling aféra)

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adulterous relationship)

Declension[edit]