affair Signification, définition

Signification de affair en français

• 0 [ plural ] activities or things people are involved in -- affaires [ feminine, plural ]

  • the committee on Veteran’s Affairs Le comité aux affaires des vétérans

  • our family’s financial affairs les histoires financières de notre famille

• 1 a love relationship with sb who is not your partner -- liaison [ feminine ]

  • She found out her husband was having an affair. Elle a découvert que son mari avait une liaison.

• 2 an unpleasant set of events -- affaire [ feminine ]

  • embarrassed by the whole affair embarrassé par toute cette affaire

• 3 happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing -- affaire

  • the Suez affair.

• 4 a thing -- chose

  • The new machine is a weird-looking affair.

• 5 business; concern(s) -- affaire(s)

  • financial affairs

  • Where I go is entirely my own affair.

• 6 a love relationship -- liaison

  • His wife found out about his affair with another woman.