afaire
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ad + faciō.
Noun
afaire oblique singular, f (oblique plural afaires, nominative singular afaire, nominative plural afaires)
- character; disposition
- situation; event
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- .I. mes en vait au roi de Saint Denis
Qui tout l'afaire li ot contet et dit[.]- One month he went to the king of Saint Denis
And told him all about the situation[.]
- One month he went to the king of Saint Denis
- problem; difficulty