affairiste
French, noun/a.fɛ.ʁist/
affairiste is spelled A-F-F-A-I-R-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affairiste is a French feminine noun meaning “wheeler-dealer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui cherche à faire des affaires sans beaucoup de scrupule”.
What does affairiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinewheeler-dealer
- 2
femininemasculineracketeer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’affairisme.
noun: 1. Personne qui cherche à faire des affaires sans beaucoup de scrupule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affairiste
- affairistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affairiste?
- /a.fɛ.ʁist/
- /a.fe.ʁist/
- \a.fɛ.ʁist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affairiste in French?
affairiste appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).