afaire

Old French

Alternative forms

• afeire
• affaire
• afere

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ad + faciō.

Noun

afaire oblique singular, f (oblique plural afaires, nominative singular afaire, nominative plural afaires)

1. character; disposition
2. situation; event
   • 12^th 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[.]

3. problem; difficulty

Descendants

• → English: affair
• French: affaire