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li·ai·son

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n or, often, ley-; lee-ey-zuh

n, -zon; Fr. lye-zawn] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -sons

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nz, -zonz; Fr. -zawn] Pronunciation Key.

1.	the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.

2.	a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.

3.	an illicit sexual relationship.

4.	Cookery. the process of thickening sauces, soups, etc., as by the addition of eggs, cream, butter, or flour.

Phonetics. a speech-sound redistribution, occurring esp. in French, in which an otherwise silent final consonant is articulated as the initial sound of a following syllable that begins with a vowel or with a silent h, as the z- and n-sounds in Je suis un homme

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[Origin: 1640–50; < F, OF < L ligātiōn- (s. of ligātiō) a binding. See ligation

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li·ai·son Audio Help (lē'ā-zŏn', lē-ā'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. An instance or a means of communication between different groups or units of an organization, especially in the armed forces.
2. One that maintains communication: served as the President's liaison with Congress.
3. A close relationship, connection, or link.
4. An adulterous relationship; an affair.
1. A close relationship, connection, or link.
2. An adulterous relationship; an affair.
Linguistics Pronunciation of the usually silent final consonant of a word when followed by a word beginning with a vowel, especially in French.

[French, from Old French, from Latin ligātiō, ligātiōn-, from ligātus, past participle of ligāre, to bind; see ligate.]

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liaison (adj.)

1648, from Fr. liaison "a union, a binding together," from L.L. ligationem (nom. ligatio) "a binding," from L. ligatus, pp. of ligare "to bind" (see ligament). Originally a cookery term for a thickening agent for sauces. Sense of "intimate relations" is from 1806. Military sense of "cooperation between branches, allies, etc." is from 1816. Back-formed verb liaise is attested from 1928. The noun meaning "one who is concerned with liaison of units, etc." is short for liaison officer.

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liaison
noun
1.	a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair]
2.	a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

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

a contact or communication
Example: liaison between parents and teachers; (also adjective) a liason officer

Arabic:	عَلاقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	联络
Chinese (Traditional):	聯絡
Czech:	vztah, spolupráce; styčný
Danish:	kontakt; samarbejde; forbindelses-
Dutch:	verbinding
Estonian:	side
Finnish:	yhteys
French:	liaison
German:	die Zusammenarbeit, Verbindungs-…
Greek:	σύνδεσμος
Hungarian:	kapcsolat
Icelandic:	samband
Indonesian:	hubungan
Italian:	legame, relazione

Japanese:	連絡
Korean:	연락
Latvian:	sakaru dienesta virsnieks
Lithuanian:	ryšys, ryšių tarnybos
Norwegian:	forbindelse, kontakt(-), samarbeid(s-)
Polish:	łączność
Portuguese (Brazil):	ligação, contato
Portuguese (Portugal):	coordenação
Romanian:	(de) legătură; relaţie
Russian:	связь
Slovak:	vzťah; styčný
Slovenian:	zveza
Spanish:	enlace, relación, coordinación
Swedish:	kontakt, förhållande, förbindelse; sambands
Turkish:	bağlantı, ilişki

See also: liaise

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Liaison

Li`ai`son"\ (l[-e]`[asl]`z[^o]N"), n. [F., fr. L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf. Ligation.] A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.

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