liaison
See also: Liaison
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligō (“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”). Doublet of ligation.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /li.ˈeɪ.ˌzɒ̃/, /-ˌzɒn/, /-z(ə)n/, (nonstandard) /laɪ.ˈeɪ.ˌzɒn/, /-zən/
- (US) IPA(key): /li.ˈeɪ.ˌzɑn/, /-ˌsɑn/, (nonstandard) /ˈ laɪ.ə.sən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪzɒn
Noun edit
liaison (countable and uncountable, plural liaisons)
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- Communication between two parties or groups.
- Cooperation, working together.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- Synonyms: go-between, mediator
- As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- 2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine[1]:
- ostriches in breeding season are relentlessly promiscuous, with both males and females seeking liaisons with multiple partners.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
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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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linguistics: a sandhi
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Verb edit
liaison (third-person singular simple present liaisons, present participle liaisoning, simple past and past participle liaisoned)
- (proscribed) To liaise.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Late Latin ligātiōnem, derived from Latin ligō (“bind”), or formed from lier + -aison based on the Latin word. Compare also Old Occitan liazó, liazon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liaison f (plural liaisons)
- link, bond
- friendship
- liaison (romantic encounter)
- liaison (communication)
- (linguistics) liaison (phonological phenomenon)
- (chemistry) bond
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “liaison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.