Definitions for liaison

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liaison li·ai·son

Spelling: [lee-ey-zawn, lee-uh-zon, -z

IPA: /ˌli eɪˈzɔ̃, ˈli əˌzɒn, -zən or, often, ˈleɪ-; liˈeɪ zən, -zɒn; French lyɛˈzɔ̃/

Liaison is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in liaison (aiilnos).

Definitions for liaison

noun

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.
5. Phonetics. a speech-sound redistribution, occurring especially 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 [zhuh swee zœ nawm] /ʒə swi zœ ˈnɔm/ (Show IPA).

Origin of liaison

1640-50; French, Old French Latin ligātiōn- (stem of ligātiō) a binding. See ligation

Examples for liaison

Hollande officially left Royal for Trierweiler in 2007, although their liaison began in 2005.

He pressured one woman to seek an abortion following their liaison.

My job was to actually draft the ceasefire and serve as liaison with Arafat's envoy in the process—Hani al-Hassan.

Suddenly, in the midst of their liaison, Brody notices his SUV parked outside the window.

His son, who was then at Court with him, was, upon the pretext of a liaison with Mdlle.

A liaison between her and Flory led to the ruin of the latter on the Stock Exchange.

The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

Piece Co. will then seamlessly source the artisans and be your liaison for collaboration.

He speaks of “the liaison” with all the rude simplicity and frankness of the Arabian Nights.

The first-class citizens who owned the plants had their own liaison.