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

Noun

1. communication and cooperative contact between groups

2. a secretive or adulterous sexual relationship [Old French lier to bind]

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

noun 2. intermediary, contact, hook-up, go-between

noun 3. affair, romance, intrigue, fling, love affair, amour, entanglement, illicit romance

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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.

Translations

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] n (= coordination) → enlace m (= affair); relación f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] n → liaison f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] n → Zusammenarbeit f (= sexual relationship); Liaison f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] n → relazione f;

(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.skakelعَلاقَهвръзкаvztah, spolupráce; styčnýkontakt; samarbejde; forbindelses-die Zusammenarbeit, Verbindungs-...σύνδεσμοςenlace, relación, coordinaciónsideرابطهyhteysliaisonקִישוּרनिकट सम्पर्कkontakt, vezakapcsolathubungansambandlegame, relazione連絡연락ryšys, ryšių tarnybossakaru dienesta virsnieksperhubunganverbindingforbindelse, kontakt(-), samarbeid(s-)łącznośćcoordenação(de) legă­tu­ră; relaţieсвязьvzťah; styčnýzvezačovek za vezukontakt, förhållande, förbindelse; sambands[]ผู้ประสานงานbağlantı, ilişki聯絡зв'язок, взаємодіяرابطہ ، مواصلاتsự liên lạc联络

v liaise [liːˈeiz]

to communicate or make contact (with) especially as an official duty. skakelيَعْمَلُ عَلاقَهвлизам във връзкаmít spojeníkommunikere; skabe kontaktzusammenarbeitenέχω επικοινωνία, συνεργάζομαιenlazar considet looma / pidamaارتباط پیدا کردنpitää yhteyttäassurer la liaison avec qqnלִיצוֹר קֶשֶרसम्पर्क रखनाslužbeno povezatikapcsolatot teremt v. tart (fenn)berhubunganmynda sambandfare da collegamento, tenere i rapporti con連絡をとる연락을 하다palaikyti ryšį, būti ryšininkuuzturēt sakarusberhubungcontact leggen/onderhoudenetablere kontaktnawiązać łącznośćcoordenara lua legătura cuподдерживать/устанавливать связьnadviazať / udržiavať spojeniepovezati sepovezivati sekontakta, stå i kontakt []ประสานงานbağlantı/irtibat kurmak聯絡, 建立關係підтримувати зв'язокرابطہ یا واسطہ بناناliên lạc建立联络关系