lier

See also Lier

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

to lie + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
• Homophones: liar, lyre

Noun

lier (plural liers)

1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
2. Common misspelling of liar.

See also

• liar

Anagrams

• lire
• riel
• rile

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Dutch

Noun

lier c. (plural lieren, diminutive liertje)

1. winch
2. lyre

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French

Etymology

From Old French lier, from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lje/, SAMPA: /lje/

Verb

lier

1. to link

Related terms

• relier
• délier
• obliger (Latin obligo)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lier			avoir or être lié
gerund		en liant			en ayant lié or en étant lié
present participle		liant
past participle		lié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lie	lies	lie	lions	liez	lient
	imperfect	liais	liais	liait	liions	liiez	liaient
	past historic1	liai	lias	lia	liâmes	liâtes	lièrent
	future	lierai	lieras	liera	lierons	lierez	lieront
	conditional	lierais	lierais	lierait	lierions	lieriez	lieraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lie	lies	lie	liions	liiez	lient
	imperfect1	liasse	liasses	liât	liassions	liassiez	liassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	lie	—	lions	liez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• fou à lier
• liaison

Anagrams

• lire

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Old French

Etymology

Latin ligō

Verb

lier

1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of lier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lier			avoir lié, liez
gerund		en liant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		liant
past participle		lié, liez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lie, li	lies, lis	lie, li	lions	liez, liés	lient
	imperfect	lioe, lieie, lioie	lioes, lieies, lioies	liot, lieit, lioit	liions, liiions	liiez, liiiez	lioent, liient, lioient
	past historic	liai	lias	lia	liames	liastes	lierent
	future	lierai	lieras	liera	lierons	lierez, liereiz	lieront
	conditional	lieroe, liereie, lieroie	lieroes, liereies, lieroies	lierot, liereie, lieroie	lierions, lieriions	lieriez, lieriiez	lieroent, liereient, lieroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lie, li	lies, lis	lie, li	lions	liez	lient
	imperfect	liasse	liasses	liast	liissons	liissez, liissiez	liassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	lie	—	lions	liez	—

Descendants

• French: lier