English [ edit ] love affair plural love affairs
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.
A feeling of enthusiasm or strong liking for something; a fondness .
I've always had a love affair with stamps.
2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC [1] 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.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL , number 978 , page 53 :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.
Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] adulterous relationship
Arabic: عَلَاقَة غَرَامِيَّة f ( ʕalāqa ḡarāmiyya )
Belarusian: рама́н m ( ramán ) , любо́ўная су́вязь f ( ljubóŭnaja súvjazʹ )
Bulgarian: любо́вна връ́зка f ( ljubóvna vrǎ́zka )
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( illicit ) 偷香竊玉 ／ 偷香窃玉 (zh) ( tōuxiāngqièyù ) , ( romantic ) 風流韻事 ／ 风流韵事 (zh) ( fēngliúyùnshì ) , 外遇 (zh) ( wàiyù ) , 私情 (zh) ( sīqíng )
Danish: kærlighedsaffære c affære (da) c
Esperanto: amafero amaĵo amintrigo
Estonian: armuafäär
Faroese: fjas
Finnish: rakkausseikkailu rakkausjuttu rakkaussuhde (fi)
French: aventure (fr) f liaison (fr) f
German: Liebesabenteuer (de) n Liebesaffäre (de) f Liaison (de) f Techtelmechtel (de) n Seitensprung (de) m Bettgeschichte (de) f Liebschaft (de) f Affäre (de) f
Greek: ερωτοδουλειά (el) f ( erotodouleiá )
Hungarian: szerelmi viszony (hu) , szívügy (hu)
Icelandic: ástarævintýri n
Italian: relazione amorosa f affare di cuore m tresca (it) f legame sentimentale m storia (it) f avventura (it) f
Japanese: 情事 (ja) ( じょうじ, jōji ) , 色恋沙汰 ( いろこいざた, irokoizata ) , 色恋 (ja) ( いろこい, irokoi ) , ラブアフェア ( rabu afea ) , 不倫 (ja) ( ふりん, furin )
Korean: 러브 어페어 ( reobeu eopeeo ) , 정사(情事) (ko) ( jeongsa ) , 연애 사건 (戀愛事件)( yeonae sageon ) , 련애 사건 (戀愛事件)( ryeonae sageon ) ( North Korea ) , 불륜(不倫) ( bullyun )
Latin: amōrēs (la) m pl cōnsuētūdō f
Latvian: attiecības f pl
Lithuanian: meilės santykis m
Macedonian: љубовна врска f ( ljubovna vrska ) , афе́ра f ( aféra )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjærlighetsaffære m
Nynorsk: kjærleiksaffære
Polish: romans (pl) m
Portuguese: caso (pt) m
Russian: рома́н (ru) m ( román ) , любовное похожде́ние n ( ljubovnoje poxoždénije ) , любо́вная интри́га f ( ljubóvnaja intríga ) , любо́вная связь f ( ljubóvnaja svjazʹ ) , ( hanky-panky ) шу́ры-му́ры (ru) f pl ( šúry-múry ) , ша́шни (ru) m pl ( šášni ) , аму́ры (ru) m pl ( amúry )
Spanish: ligue (es) m escarceo amoroso aventura (es) f devaneo (es) m affaire (es) m ( (fem. in Argentina and Uruguay) ) , lío (es) m rollo (es) m idilio (es) m romance (es) m amorío (es) m
Swedish: kärleksaffär c affär (sv) c förhållande (sv) n
Ukrainian: рома́н m ( román ) , любо́вний зв'язо́к m ( ljubóvnyj zvʺjazók )