liaison
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligatio (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligō, from Proto-Indo-European *leygʰ- (“to bind”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪzən
- (UK) IPA: /liˈeɪ.zɒn/, sometimes IPA: /lɑɪˈeɪ.zɒn/ but some speakers consider this incorrect
- (US) IPA: /li.ˈeɪ.zɑn/
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun [edit]
liaison (plural liaisons)
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- Co-operation, working together.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst, romantic meeting.
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- (linguistics) The phonological fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs, for example intrusion, consonant-vowel linking, etc. In the context of some languages, such as French, liaison can refer specifically to a normally silent final consonant, being pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel, and can often also include the intrusion of a "t" in certain fixed chunks of language such as the question form "pense-t-il".
Verb [edit]
liaison (third-person singular simple present liaisons, present participle liaisoning, simple past and past participle liaisoned)
- (proscribed) To liaise.
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Translations [edit]
communication between two parties or groups
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co-operation, working together
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a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war
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a tryst, romantic meeting
an illicit sexual relationship or affair
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- Romanian: legatura f
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ligatio (stem ligation-), derived from ligare "to bind".
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
liaison f (plural liaisons)
