liaison
French
noun
Definitions
- link, bond
- friendship
- liaison romantic encounter
- liaison communication
- (linguistics) liaison phonological phenomenon
- (chemistry) bond
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ligātiōnem, ligātiō, ligō (bind, tie, bandage, I tie, bind up together, fasten, unite) suffix from French lier.
Origin
French
lier
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- liaise English
- liaison English
- alligo Latin
- circumligo Latin
- illigo Latin
- ligamen Latin
- ligare Latin
- ligatio, ligationem Latin
- ligatura Latin
- ligātiō Latin
- ligātiōnem, ligātiō Latin
- ligātura Latin
- ligō Latin
- obligo Latin
- religo Latin
- subligatio Latin
- Liaison German
- liieren German
- lega Italian
- legato Italian
- liement French
- lier French
- relier French
- ligar Spanish, Castilian
- ligazón Spanish, Castilian
- *leyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- coligação Portuguese
- ligar Portuguese
- ligação Portuguese
- リエゾン Japanese
- lier Old French
- ligi Esperanto
- ligar Galician
- ligazón Galician
- liaça Old Portuguese
- leg Aromanian