Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

love affair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: love af-fair
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

"He was involved in a love affair with a married woman."
""A love affair is an insatiable curiosity over an inscrutable enigma.""
"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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

love affairs (plural)

Phrases

have an affair love connection

Frequently Paired Words

have an affair love connection

Synonyms

affaire liaison romance

Questions

What does love affair mean?: An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.

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