liaison
liaison Lexical Profile
liaison Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Communication or cooperation that facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations.
"The department maintained close liaison with local community leaders throughout the urban renewal project."
A person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups or organizations.
"She serves as the primary liaison between the university administration and the student senate."
An illicit or secret sexual or romantic relationship.
"The biography revealed a brief romantic liaison between the poet and a prominent aristocrat."
In French and certain other languages, the pronunciation of an otherwise absent consonant sound at the end of the first of two consecutive words, the second of which begins with a vowel sound.
"Mastering French pronunciation requires learning when liaison is mandatory between adjacent words."
A binding or thickening agent used for sauces and soups, typically consisting of egg yolks and cream or roux.
"The chef whisked a liaison of egg yolks and heavy cream into the simmering soup just before serving."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century (originally as a culinary term for thickening sauces) from French liaison, from Old French lier ('to bind'), ultimately from Latin ligatio ('a binding'), from ligare ('to bind or tie').