liaison

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Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

Communication between two parties or groups.

2 Definition

Co-operation, working together.

3 Definition

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

4 Definition

A tryst, romantic meeting.

5 Definition

An illicit sexual relationship or affair.

6 Definition

The phonological fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs, for example intrusion, consonant-vowel linking, etc. In the context of some languages, such as French, liaison can refer specifically to a normally silent final consonant, being pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel, and can often also include the intrusion of a "t" in certain fixed chunks of language such as the question form "pense-t-il".

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To liaise.