lier

See also: Lier

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie +‎ -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: liar, lyre

NounEdit

lier (plural liers)

1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
2. Obsolete spelling of liar
3. Misspelling of liar.

See alsoEdit

• liar

AnagramsEdit

• Iler, Reil, Riel, lire, riel, rile

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lir/, [liːr], [liə̯r]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːr

NounEdit

lier c (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

1. winch
2. (music) lyre

Derived termsEdit

• draailier

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French lier, from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lje/

• audio

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VerbEdit

lier

1. to link
2. to associate

ConjugationEdit

  Conjugation of lier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lier			avoir lié
gerund		en liant			en ayant lié
present participle		liant /ljɑ̃/
past participle		lié /lje/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lie /li/	lies /li/	lie /li/	lions /ljɔ̃/	liez /lje/	lient /li/
	imperfect	liais /ljɛ/	liais /ljɛ/	liait /ljɛ/	liions /li.jɔ̃/	liiez /li.je/	liaient /ljɛ/
	past historic1	liai /lje/	lias /lja/	lia /lja/	liâmes /ljam/	liâtes /ljat/	lièrent /ljɛʁ/
	future	lierai /li.ʁe/	lieras /li.ʁa/	liera /li.ʁa/	lierons /li.ʁɔ̃/	lierez /li.ʁe/	lieront /li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lierais /li.ʁɛ/	lierais /li.ʁɛ/	lierait /li.ʁɛ/	lierions /li.ʁjɔ̃/	lieriez /li.ʁje/	lieraient /li.ʁɛ/
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 anterior1	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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lie /li/	lies /li/	lie /li/	liions /li.jɔ̃/	liiez /li.je/	lient /li/
	imperfect1	liasse /ljas/	liasses /ljas/	liât /lja/	liassions /lja.sjɔ̃/	liassiez /lja.sje/	liassent /ljas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	lie /li/	—	lions /ljɔ̃/	liez /lje/	—
1literary tenses

Derived termsEdit

• fou à lier
• liaison

Related termsEdit

• liaison
• liement
• lien
• ligament

• ligature
• relier
• délier
• obliger (Latin obligo)

Further readingEdit

• “lier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• lire

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

līer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līō

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

lier f

1. indefinite plural of li

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• liier
• lïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

VerbEdit

lier

1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

ConjugationEdit

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 lïé
gerund		en liant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		liant
past participle		lïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	li	lïes	lïe	lions	lïez	lïent
	imperfect	lioie, lïeie, lioe, lïeve	lioies, lïeies, lioes, lïeves	lioit, lïeit, liot, lïeve	liiiens, liiens	liiiez, liiez	lioient, lïeient, lioent, lïevent
	preterite	liai	lias	lia	liames	liastes	lïerent
	future	lïerai	lïeras	lïera	lïerons	lïeroiz, lïereiz, lïerez	lïeront
	conditional	lïeroie, lïereie	lïeroies, lïereies	lïeroit, lïereit	lïeriiens, lïeriens	lïeriiez, lïeriez	lïeroient, lïereient
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 preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	li	lis	lit	lions	lïez	lïent
	imperfect	liasse	liasses	liast	liissons, liissiens	liissoiz, 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	vos	–
		—	lïe	—	lions	lïez	—

DescendantsEdit

• French: lier