Affaire

a love affair.
a love affair.
contemporary examples

it is dubbed the affaire du carlton, after a four-star hotel at the heart of the scandal in lille, northeast of paris.
hooker-ring probe embroils dsk tracy mcnicoll october 17, 2011

historical examples

he jumped up, pointed to the page, and cried out, “voila mon affaire!”
lord kelvin andrew gray

she will not marry, she will not have an affaire, yet she longs for the intimate companionship of a man.
possessed cleveland moffett

the affaire borrow is said to have come up for debate even during a secret session of the chamber.
the life of george borrow herbert jenkins

i did not think an affaire du coeur could be so serious; but now i know it.
in the van; or, the builders john price-brown

i preserved all the dignity of a young lady in an affaire du coeur.
life and letters of lord macaulay george otto trevelyan

the doc-ments of the affaire des poisons form more than 1300 pages of the archives de la bastille, and they are not complete.
louis xiv and la grande mademoiselle arvede barine

in that desk you will find doc-ments giving the whole history of the affaire zastrow.
the mummy and miss nitocris george griffith

weell you for myself de condescension to have dat you weell be one friend to one affaire d’honneur?
love in a cloud arlo bates

mme lamotte concerned in the affaire du collier was shut up here.
historic paris jetta s. wolff

noun
a love affair
noun (pl) affaires d’amour (afɛr damur)
a love affair
noun (pl) affaires de coeur (afɛr də kœr)
an affair of the heart; love affair