English Explanatory Dictionary

liaison

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
  2. Communication between two parties or groups.
  3. Cooperation, working together.
  4. A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
  5. Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
  6. A tryst; a romantic meeting.
  7. An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
  8. Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
  9. The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
verb
  1. To liaise.

Pronunciation

/liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/ /-ˌzɒn/ /-z(ə)n/ /laɪˈeɪˌzɒn/ /-zən/ /liˈeɪˌzɑn/ /-ˌsɑn/ /ˈlaɪ.ə.sən/ en-us-liaison.ogg

Word forms

liaison liaisons liaisoning liaisoned

Etymology

Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

Synonyms

go-between mediator

Related words

liaise ligation

Derived words

liaison aircraft liaison officer

Translations

Arabic: وَصْل Chinese Mandarin: 聯誦 /联诵 Finnish: sidonta French: liaison German: Liaison German: Bindung German: Mitbindung Greek: υφέν Japanese: リエゾン Korean: 리에종 Russian: льезо́н
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