liaison

See also Liaison

English

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Etymology

From French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligatio (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligō, from Proto-Indo-European *leygʰ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /liˈeɪ.zɒn/
• (US) IPA: /li.ˈeɪ.zɑn/

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Noun

liaison (plural liaisons)

1. Communication between two parties or groups.
2. Co-operation, working together.
3. A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
4. A tryst, romantic meeting.
5. (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
6. (linguistics) A sandhi in which a normally silent final consonant is pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel.

Related terms

• liaise
• ligation

Translations

communication between two parties or groups

Finnish: yhteydenpito (fi) Greek: διασύνδεση (el) (diasýndesi) f., συνεργασíα (el) (synergasía) f.

Portuguese: ligação (pt) f. Spanish: enlace (es) n.

co-operation, working together

Finnish: yhteistyö (fi)

Greek: συνεργασíα (el) (synergasía) f.

a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war

Finnish: yhteyshenkilö Greek: μεσολαβητής (el) (mesolavitís) m.

Italian: collegamento (it) m. Russian: связной (ru) m.

a tryst, romantic meeting

German: Liaison (de) f.

Greek: σχέση (el) (schési) f.

an illicit sexual relationship or affair

Finnish: rakkaussuhde German: Liaison (de) f.

Greek: ερωτοδουλειά (el) (erotodouleiá) f. Spanish: aventura (es) f.

linguistics: a sandhi

French: liaison (fr) f. German: Liaison (de) f.

Greek: υφέν (el) (ufén) n.

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• Romanian: legatura f.

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French

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Etymology

From Latin ligatio (stem ligation-), derived from ligare "to bind".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ljɛzɔ̃/

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Noun

liaison f. (plural liaisons)

1. liaison
2. (chemistry) bond