Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour(noun)

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

2. liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication(noun)

   a channel for communication between groups

   "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. liaison(n.)

   Specifically: A process of communication between parts of an organization or between two organizations acting together for a common purpose.

2. liaison(n.)

   Hence: A person whose function it is to maintain such communication.

3. liaison(n.)

   (Phonetics) A pronunciation of a consonant sound that would be otherwise silent, such as the final consonant of certain French words, when the following word begins with a vowel sound.

Origin: [F., fr. L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf. Ligation.]

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. liaison(Noun)

   Communication between two parties or groups.

2. liaison(Noun)

   Co-operation, working together.

3. liaison(Noun)

   A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.

4. liaison(Noun)

   A tryst, romantic meeting.

5. liaison(Noun)

   An illicit sexual relationship or affair.

6. liaison(Noun)

   A sandhi in which a normally silent final consonant is pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel.

Origin: From liaison, from ligatio (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligo, from leygʰ-.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Liaison(noun)

   a union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman

Origin: [F., fr. L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. See Ligature, and cf. Ligation.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Liaison

   Liaison is the pronunciation of a latent word-final consonant immediately before a following vowel sound. Technically, it is a type of external sandhi, which is disrupted in pausa. In French, most written word-final consonants are no longer pronounced and are known as latent or mute. For example, the letter s in the word les, 'the', is generally silent, but it is pronounced in the combination les amis, 'the friends'. In certain syntactic environments, liaison is impossible; in others, it is obligatory; in others still, it is possible but not obligatory and its realization is subject to wide stylistic variation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Liaison

   lē-ā-zong′, n. union, or bond of union: connection, esp. if illicit between the sexes: in French, the linking in pronunciation of a final consonant to the succeeding word, when that begins with a vowel. [Fr.—L. ligation-em—ligāre, to bind.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. liaison

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

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Liaison' in Nouns Frequency: #2874

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Liaison in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Liaison in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Edward Kwon:

   As one of the Korean chefs most well-known abroad, I want to act as a liaison.

2. Mark Rowley:

   In London specifically, the Metropolitan Police Service has mobilised additional officers, who will carry out highly visible patrols at key locations around the capital including the transport network, we are in close liaison with the Belgium authorities and will continue to monitor the situation.

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