Mary is a Foreign Affairs Liaison who works for the State Department.
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Liaison
//liˈeɪˌzɑn//
Synonyms for "liaison" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
hanky-pankyhomologyhookupillicit loveinfidelityinter group communicationintercommunicationintercourseinterlinkingintermediaryintermediumintimacyintriguejobberjoinderjoiningjointurejunctionknottinglink
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10 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَصْل noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əməkdaşlıq noun (co-operation, working together)
Bulgarian
4 entries- взаимодействие noun (co-operation, working together)
- връзка noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- свръзка noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- свързочник noun (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聯誦 /联诵 noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
Danish
1 entries- forbindelsesofficer noun (communication between two parties or groups)
Estonian
4 entries- armuseiklus noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- kaastöö noun (co-operation, working together)
- kohting noun (a tryst, romantic meeting)
- koostöö noun (co-operation, working together)
Finnish
4 entries- rakkaussuhde noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- salasuhde noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- sidonta noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
- treffit noun (a tryst, romantic meeting)
French
4 entries- liaison noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- liaison noun (co-operation, working together)
- liaison noun (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war)
- liaison noun (a tryst, romantic meeting)
German
4 entries- (außereheliche) Affäre noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- Bindung noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
- Liaison noun (a tryst, romantic meeting)
- Liaison noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
Greek
4 entries- διασύνδεση noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- ερωτοδουλειά noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- μεσολαβητής noun (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war)
- συνεργασία noun (communication between two parties or groups)
Italian
3 entries- collegamento noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- collegamento noun (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war)
- testa di ponte noun (communication between two parties or groups)
Japanese
1 entries- リエゾン noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
Korean
1 entries- 리에종 noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
Persian
4 entries- ارتباط noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- رابط noun (a relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war)
- رابطه noun (communication between two parties or groups)
- رابطه noun (co-operation, working together)
Portuguese
2 entries- cooperação noun (co-operation, working together)
- ligação noun (communication between two parties or groups)
Romanian
1 entries- legătură noun (communication between two parties or groups)
Russian
4 entries- аму́ры noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
- взаимоде́йствие noun (co-operation, working together)
- льезо́н noun (linguistics: a sandhi)
- любо́вная интри́га noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
Spanish
1 entries- aventura noun (an illicit sexual relationship or affair)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Liaison occurs in spoken French when a word which ends with a consonant that is normally not pronounced is followed by a word which begins with a vowel. In these cases, the consonant is sometimes pronounced as if it were at the beginning of the following word.
Source: tatoeba (3332763)
Layla had a dangerous liaison with a hitman.
Source: tatoeba (6468958)
Administrators need to establish a close liaison with employees.
Source: tatoeba (9627081)
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