love affair en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.
"A love affair is an insatiable curiosity over an inscrutable enigma."
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 175:He was involved in a love affair with a married woman.
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A feeling of enthusiasm or strong liking for something; a fondness.
Also in 1955 came the paralysing two-week ASLEF pay strike, which did even more to end the love affair between the railways and its regular customers.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:I've always had a love affair with stamps.
And if his love affair with Old Trafford was strained by the saga of his demand to leave earlier this season, the bond was rekindled as United claimed a vital victory.
2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC:
Forms
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Relateds
have an affair · love connection
Synonyms
Translations (91)
de Affäre (adulterous relationship) · ru ша́шни (adulterous relationship) · ko 러브 어페어 (adulterous relationship) · nn kjærleiksaffære (adulterous relationship) · cmn 偷香竊玉 /偷香窃玉 (adulterous relationship) · sv affär (adulterous relationship) · mk афе́ра (adulterous relationship) · fo fjas (adulterous relationship) · cmn 風流韻事 /风流韵事 (adulterous relationship) · bg афе́ра (adulterous relationship) · pt caso (adulterous relationship) · fi rakkaussuhde (adulterous relationship) · ru аму́ры (adulterous relationship) · hu szívügy (adulterous relationship) · ja 色恋 (adulterous relationship) · lv attiecības (adulterous relationship) · es ligue (adulterous relationship) · it storia (adulterous relationship) · bg любо́вна връ́зка (adulterous relationship) · la cōnsuētūdō (adulterous relationship) · it passione (fondness) · eo amaĵo (adulterous relationship) · ru привя́занность (fondness) · ko 불륜 (adulterous relationship) · fi rakkausseikkailu (adulterous relationship) · es lío (adulterous relationship) · cmn 私情 (adulterous relationship) · et armuafäär (adulterous relationship) · ko 연애 사건 (adulterous relationship) · eo amafero (adulterous relationship) · ja 不倫 (adulterous relationship) · es aventura (adulterous relationship) · nb kjærlighetsaffære (adulterous relationship) · es romance (adulterous relationship) · it affare di cuore (adulterous relationship) · pl pasja (fondness) · it avventura (adulterous relationship) · ko 련애 사건 (adulterous relationship) · da kærlighedsaffære (adulterous relationship) · de Techtelmechtel (adulterous relationship) · ru любо́вная связь (adulterous relationship) · la amōrēs (adulterous relationship) · pl romans (adulterous relationship) · ja ラブアフェア (adulterous relationship) · ja 情事 (adulterous relationship) · lt meilės santykis (adulterous relationship) · es embullo (adulterous relationship) · uk любо́вний зв'язо́к (adulterous relationship) · ru любовное похожде́ние (adulterous relationship) · da affære (adulterous relationship) · el ερωτοδουλειά (adulterous relationship) · es rollo (adulterous relationship) · hu szerelmi viszony (adulterous relationship) · it predisposizione (fondness) · ko 정사 (adulterous relationship) · fr aventure (adulterous relationship) · es idilio (adulterous relationship) · it tresca (adulterous relationship) · cmn 喜愛 /喜爱 (fondness) · it legame sentimentale (adulterous relationship) · ru рома́н (adulterous relationship) · fi rakkaussuhde (fondness) · ar عَلَاقَة غَرَامِيَّة (adulterous relationship) · is ástarævintýri (adulterous relationship) · ru любо́вь (fondness) · ru шу́ры-му́ры (adulterous relationship) · ja 色恋沙汰 (adulterous relationship) · mk љубовна врска (adulterous relationship) · es amorío (adulterous relationship) · it relazione amorosa (adulterous relationship) · ru любо́вная интри́га (adulterous relationship) · be рама́н (adulterous relationship) · fi rakkausjuttu (adulterous relationship) · de Bettgeschichte (adulterous relationship) · de Liebschaft (adulterous relationship) · es devaneo (adulterous relationship) · de Seitensprung (adulterous relationship) · de Liebesaffäre (adulterous relationship) · sv förhållande (adulterous relationship) · uk рома́н (adulterous relationship) · hu szívügy (fondness) · es affaire (adulterous relationship) · de Liaison (adulterous relationship) · sv kärleksaffär (adulterous relationship) · de Liebesabenteuer (adulterous relationship) · ml പ്രണയം (fondness) · fr liaison (adulterous relationship) · es escarceo amoroso (adulterous relationship) · cmn 外遇 (adulterous relationship) · be любо́ўная су́вязь (adulterous relationship) · eo amintrigo (adulterous relationship)