zafè

See also: zafe and zafé

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French affaires (“belongings”). In French, the plural form affaires is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, affaires was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zafɛ/

Noun

zafè

1. belongings