"affair" meaning in Anglais

See affair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ə.ˈfɛɹ\, \ə.ˈfɛə\, \ə.ˈfɛɹ\, \ə.ˈfɛə\ Audio: En-us-affair.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ajshul-affair.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-affair.wav Forms: affairs [plural]
  1. Cas.
    Sense id: fr-affair-en-noun-tKnmUrwd
  2. Affaire, chose, cause.
    Sense id: fr-affair-en-noun-SVrYsDM2 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  3. Aventure sentimentale, aventure (amoureuse ou sexuelle), liaison.
    Sense id: fr-affair-en-noun-x52ngjId Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Anglais des États-Unis
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foreign affairs, love affair, state of affairs Related terms: date, assignation [dated]

Inflected forms

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    "Du vieil anglais afere, affere, de l’ancien français afaire, apparenté au français affaire."
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Rendez-vous galant entre deux personnes"
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        },
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          "text": "How the affair commenced.",
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