- liaison
- liaison for 1, 2, & 4, [lē ā′zän΄, lē ā′zən; lē′ə zän΄, lā′ə zän΄; ] for 3, [lē΄ā zōn′, lē΄āzōn′, lē΄āzōn′, lē΄ezän′]n.[Fr < OFr < L ligato < ligare, to bind: see LIGATURE]1. a linking up or connecting of two or more separate entities or of the parts, as military units, of a whole so that they can work together effectively2. an illicit love affair3. in spoken French, the linking of words, under certain conditions, by pronouncing the final consonant, ordinarily silent, of one word as though it were the initial consonant of the following word, as in the phrase chez elle (pronounced shā zelʹ)4. a person who functions as a connection, as between persons or groups
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.