liaison
Syllables: li·ai·sonUK/liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/
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British/lɪjˈɛjzɔn/
liaison noun: a thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
Noun
liaison (countable and uncountable, plural liaisons)
- A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- […]prepare a liaison, or four or five yolks of eggs and some cream […]1759, William Verral, “XV. Des perdreaux au celery blanc. Partridges with celery sauce white.”, in A Complete System of Cookery. […], London: Printed for the author, and sold by him; as also by...
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- Cooperation, working together.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.
- The 55-year-old, who worked as a nurse liaison for 30 years before opening her clothing boutique in 2014, began streaming fashion shows on Facebook Live featuring herself wearing the clothes, jewelry and accessories she sells.2020 August 16, Alaa Elassar, “A small boutique survived the coronavirus pandemic by live streaming fashion shows on Facebook”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026
- Synonyms:
- go-between, mediator
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- ostriches in breeding season are relentlessly promiscuous, with both males and females seeking liaisons with multiple partners.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023
- Even her sex life is rigidly regulated, the liaisons with her married co-worker, Peter (Michael Esper), unfolding with more efficiency than pleasure.2022 July 28, Jeannette Catsoulis, “‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022
- Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- A noncompetitive section in a rally that takes place on public roads, during which competitors have to abide by all relevant traffic laws.
Verb
liaison (third-person singular simple present liaisons, present participle liaisoning, simple past and past participle liaisoned)
liaison meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
liaison in Tamil
- கள்ளக்காதல், தொடர்பு, சேர்க்கை
liaison in Urdu
- آشنائی, رابطہ, تعلقات
liaison in Bengali
- যোগাযোগ, সংযোগ, অবৈধ প্রণয়
liaison in Malayalam
- contact, cooperation, association
- രണ്ടുവ്യക്തികൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള അശയവിനിമയം, രണ്ടുകൂട്ടങ്ങൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള അശയവിനിമയം, ബന്ധം, കെട്ടുപാട്, സമ്പർക്കം, ഐക്യബന്ധം
- mediator, intermediary, middleman
- മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥകാര്യവാഹി, ഇടനിലക്കാരൻ, മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥൻ, സന്ധിജീവകൻ, മൂന്നാളൻ, മദ്ധ്യവർത്തി
- romance, (love) affair, relationship
- രഹസ്യബന്ധം, രഹസ്യവേഴ്ച, കാല്പനികപ്രണയം, ജാരബന്ധം, പ്രേമബന്ധം, സ്നേഹം
More languagesFewer languages
- liaison in Kannada
- ಸಂಬಂಧ, ಸಂಪರ್ಕ, ಸಂಸರ್ಗ, ಕೊಡುಕೊಳೆ
- liaison in Arabic
- وَصْل waṣl
- liaison in Persian
- رابطه râbete, ارتباط ertebât, رابط râbet
Examples of liaison in a sentence
- In my 20s I had a memorable liaison with a 40 year old.
- At last he finds one, only for their liaison to end when she is shot.
- Your presence is requested in the feeb liaison office by my boss, Agent Jinadu.
Synonyms of liaison
Forms of liaison
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | liaisons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | liaisons |
| present participle | liaisoning |
| past participle | liaisoned |
| past | liaisoned |
Origin of liaison
Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
Words formed from liaison
Phrases with liaison
Questions about liaison
- What does liaison mean?
- Liaison means a thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- What is liaison in Tamil?
- Liaison in Tamil is கள்ளக்காதல், தொடர்பு, சேர்க்கை. See Liaison meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is liaison?
- Liaison can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce liaison?
- Liaison is pronounced /liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/ (UK).
- What is the plural of liaison?
- The plural of liaison is liaisons.
Words near liaison in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liaison (page history and authors); liaison (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liaison (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Liaison (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liaison (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); liaison (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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