афера

Via Russian афе́ра (aféra) from French affaire.

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈfɛrɐ]

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афе́ра • (aféra) f

1. scandal
2. affair (adultery)

• “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [aˈfɛɾa]

афера • (afera) f

1. scandal
2. affair (adultery)
3. false rumour (in the idiom "шири афери")

• афёра (afjóra) — proscribed

Borrowed from French affaire.

• афе́ра: IPA^(key): [ɐˈfʲerə]

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афе́ра • (aféra) f inan (genitive афе́ры, nominative plural афе́ры, genitive plural афе́р, relational adjective афе́рный, diminutive афе́рка)

1. speculation, fraud, shady deal

• афери́ст (aferíst), афери́стка (aferístka)

From French affaire, from faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + faciō (“to do”).

• IPA^(key): /afěːra/
• Hyphenation: а‧фе‧ра

афе́ра f (Latin spelling aféra)

1. scandal
2. affair (adulterous relationship)