Associations to the word «Affaire»

Wiktionary

AFFAIRE D'HONNEUR, noun. A duel.

Dictionary definition

AFFAIRE, noun. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.