affair
[ uh-fair ]
/ əˈfɛər /
noun
Origin of affair
1250–1300; earlier
affaire < French, Old French
afaire for
a faire to do, equivalent to
a (< Latin
ad to) +
faire ≪ Latin
facere; replacing Middle English
afere < Old French
Words nearby affair
afebrile,
afetal,
aff,
aff.,
affable,
affair,
affaire,
affaire d'amour,
affaire d'honneur,
affaire de coeur,
affairs
Example sentences from the Web for affairs
British Dictionary definitions for affairs (1 of 2)
affairs
/ (əˈfɛəz) /
pl n
personal or business interests
his affairs were in disorder
matters of public interest
current affairs
British Dictionary definitions for affairs (2 of 2)
affair
/ (əˈfɛə) /
noun
a thing to be done or attended to; matter; business
this affair must be cleared up
an event or happening
a strange affair
(qualified by an adjective or descriptive phrase)
something previously specified, esp a man-made object; thing
our house is a tumbledown affair
a sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
See also
affairs
Word Origin for affair
C13: from Old French, from
à faire to do