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affairettes

affairettes is the plural of affairette.

Meaning of affairette

Noun

affairette (plural affairettes)

  1. A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner.
    • It’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments.1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215
    Synonyms:
    dalliance, fling, liaison

Questions about affairettes

What is affairettes the plural of?
Affairettes is the plural of affairette.

Words near affairettes in the dictionary

  1. affaire
  2. affaire d'honneur
  3. affaires
  4. affaires d'honneur
  5. affairette
  6. affairettes
  7. affairless
  8. affairs
  9. affairs of honor
  10. affairs of honour
  11. affamish

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