Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - liaison
Liaison
liaison
n. 1 communication or cooperation, esp. between military forces or units. 2 an illicit sexual relationship. 3 the binding or thickening agent of a sauce. 4 the sounding of an ordinarily silent final consonant before a word beginning with a vowel (or a mute h in French). Phrases and idioms liaison officer an officer acting as a link between allied forces or units of the same force. Etymology: F f. lier bind f. L ligare
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noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from lier, from Old French Date: circa 1648 a binding or thickening agent used in cooking, 2. a close bond or connection ; interrelationship, an illicit sexual relationship ; affair 3a, 3. communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation (as between parts of an armed force), one that establishes and maintains ~, 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 and follows without pause ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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