liaison

li·ai·son  (l-zn, l--)

n.

1.

a. An instance or a means of communication between different groups or units of an organization, especially in the armed forces.

b. One that maintains communication: served as the President's liaison with Congress.

2.

a. A close relationship, connection, or link.

b. An adulterous relationship; an affair.

3. Linguistics Pronunciation of the usually silent final consonant of a word when followed by a word beginning with a vowel, especially in French.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin ligti, ligtin-, from ligtus, past participle of ligre, to bind; see ligate.]

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liaison [lɪˈeɪzɒn]

n

1. communication and contact between groups or units

2. (modifier) of or relating to liaison between groups or units a liaison officer

3. a secretive or adulterous sexual relationship

4. (Military) the relationship between military units necessary to ensure unity of purpose

5. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (in the phonology of several languages, esp French) the pronunciation of a normally silent consonant at the end of a word immediately before another word commencing with a vowel, in such a way that the consonant is taken over as the initial sound of the following word. Liaison is seen between French ils (il) and ont (ɔ̃), to give ils ont (il zɔ̃)

6. (Cookery) any thickening for soups, sauces, etc., such as egg yolks or cream

[via French from Old French, from lier to bind, from Latin ligāre]

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That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military forces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and action.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	liaison - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship affaire, amour, intimacy, affair, involvement sexual relationship - a relationship involving sexual intimacy
	2.	liaison - a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" inter-group communication, contact, link communication channel, channel, line - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

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liaison

noun

1. contact, communication, connection, interchange Liaison between the police and the art world is vital to combat art crime.

2. intermediary, contact, hook-up, go-between She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.

3. affair, romance, intrigue, fling, love affair, amour, entanglement, illicit romance She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures.

Translations

liaison [lɪˈeɪzɒn]

A. N (= coordination) → enlace m, coordinación f (fig) (= relationship) → relación f

B. CPD liaison committee N → comité m de enlace
liaison officer N → oficial mf de enlace

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liaison [liˈeɪzɒn] n

(= communication) → liaison f

(= relationship) → liaison f

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liaison

n

(= coordination) → Verbindung f, → Zusammenarbeit f; (= person) → Verbindungsmann m → /-frau f, → V-Mann m → /-Frau f (inf); (Mil) → Verbindung f; (person) → Verbindungsoffizier m

(= affair) → Liaison f

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liaison [liːˈeɪzɒn] n (also) (euph) → relazione f; (coordination) → coordinamento (Mil) → collegamento

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liaison [liːˈeɪzɒn] n (also) (euph) → relazione f; (coordination) → coordinamento (Mil) → collegamento

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liaison

n liaison [liːˈeizon, (American ) ˈli:eizon]

a contact or communication liaison between parents and teachers; (also adjective ) a liason officer. skakel عَلاقَه връзка vztah, spolupráce; styčný kontakt; samarbejde; forbindelses- die Zusammenarbeit, Verbindungs-... σύνδεσμος enlace, relación, coordinación side رابطه yhteistyö liaison קִישוּר निकट सम्पर्क kontakt, veza kapcsolat hubungan samband legame, relazione 連絡 연락, 대화 ryšys, ryšių tarnybos sakaru dienesta virsnieks perhubungan verbinding forbindelse, kontakt(-), samarbeid(s-) łączność coordenação (de) legă­tu­ră; relaţie связь vzťah; styčný zveza čovek za vezu kontakt, förhållande, förbindelse; sambands[] ผู้ประสานงาน bağlantı, ilişki 聯絡 зв'язок, взаємодія رابطہ ، مواصلات sự liên lạc 联络

v liaise [liːˈeiz]

to communicate or make contact (with) especially as an official duty. skakel يَعْمَلُ عَلاقَه влизам във връзка mít spojení kommunikere; skabe kontakt zusammenarbeiten έχω επικοινωνία, συνεργάζομαι enlazar con sidet looma / pidama ارتباط پیدا کردن olla yhteistyössä assurer la liaison avec qqn לִיצוֹר קֶשֶר सम्पर्क रखना službeno povezati kapcsolatot teremt v. tart (fenn) berhubungan mynda samband fare da collegamento, tenere i rapporti con 連絡をとる 연락을 취하다 palaikyti ryšį, būti ryšininku uzturēt sakarus berhubung contact leggen/onderhouden etablere kontakt nawiązać łączność coordenar a lua legătura cu поддерживать/устанавливать связь nadviazať / udržiavať spojenie povezati se povezivati se kontakta, stå i kontakt [] ประสานงาน bağlantı/irtibat kurmak 聯絡, 建立關係 підтримувати зв'язок رابطہ یا واسطہ بنانا liên lạc 建立联络关系