Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Via Russian афе́ра (aféra) from French affaire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈfɛrɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

афе́ра (aféraf

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adultery)

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

афера (aferaf

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adultery)
  3. false rumour (in the idiom "шири афери")

Declension edit

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French affaire.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

афе́ра (aféraf inan (genitive афе́ры, nominative plural афе́ры, genitive plural афе́р, relational adjective афе́рный, diminutive афе́рка)

  1. speculation, fraud, shady deal

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From French affaire, from faire (to do), from Latin ad- + faciō (to do).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /afěːra/
  • Hyphenation: а‧фе‧ра

Noun edit

афе́ра f (Latin spelling aféra)

  1. scandal
  2. affair (adulterous relationship)

Declension edit