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Bulgarian
Etymology
Via Russian афе́ра (aféra) from French affaire.
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́ра • (aféra) f
- scandal
- affair (adultery)
Declension
References
- “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
афера • (afera) f
- scandal
- affair (adultery)
- false rumour (in the idiom "шири афери")
Declension
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French affaire.
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́ра • (aféra) f inan (genitive афе́ры, nominative plural афе́ры, genitive plural афе́р, relational adjective афе́рный, diminutive афе́рка)
- speculation, fraud, shady deal
Declension
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French affaire, from faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + faciō (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afěːra/
- Hyphenation: а‧фе‧ра
Noun
афе́ра f (Latin spelling aféra)
- scandal
- affair (adulterous relationship)
Declension