Meaning

2 senses
  1. An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.

    He was involved in a love affair with a married woman.

    Liebesabenteuer, Liebesaffäre, Liaison

    рома́нromán, любовное похожде́ниеljubovnoje poxoždénije, любо́вная интри́гаljubóvnaja intríga

    рома́нromán, любо́вний зв'язо́кljubóvnyj zvʺjazók

    a relationship between two lovers

  2. A feeling of enthusiasm or strong liking for something; a fondness.

    I've always had a love affair with stamps.

    привя́занностьprivjázannostʹ, любо́вьljubóvʹ

Examples

27 sentences
  1. It was a one-sided love affair.

    deEs war eine einseitige Liebesbeziehung. — TomSFox

  2. He confided in me about his love affair.

    deEr vertraute mir seine Liebesaffäre an. — kriskelvin

  3. Your love affairs don't interest us.

  4. That love affair is a family secret.

    ruЭта любовная история - семейная тайна. — marafon

    deDieses Liebesabenteuer ist ein Familiengeheimnis. — Tamy

  5. In love affairs, things heat up fast.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
adulterous relationship:
Русский
By meaning 2
adulterous relationship:
fondness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
adulterous relationship:

Forms

plural: love affairs
Singularlove affair
Plurallove affairs

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a relationship between two lovers:romance

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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