different between union vs liaison

English

Etymology

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/

Noun

union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
2. (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
3. (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
11. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
12. (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Synonyms

• junction, coalition, combination

Derived terms

Related terms

• reunion
• reunification
• unify
• unity

Translations

Verb

union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)

1. To combine sets using the union operation.

See also

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

Anagrams

• iunno

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uni?o?n/

Noun

union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)

1. union

Inflection

Derived terms

• personalunion
• realunion

Further reading

• “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u?ni?on

Noun

union m (plural unions)

1. (US, obsolete) A trade union.

   Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond

Esperanto

Noun

union

1. accusative singular of unio

French

Etymology

From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.nj??/

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Union

Further reading

• “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Noun

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)

1. union (of a political nature)

Derived terms

• Sovjetunionen

References

• “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??u?n/

Noun

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)

1. union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)

2. (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)

Derived terms

• Sovjetunionen

References

• “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Related terms

• unir

References

• "union" in Dicod'òc

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Proper noun

union f (nominative singular union)

1. Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)

Synonyms

• Trinité

Descendants

• English: union
• French: union

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Noun

union

1. union

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üniun

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?nju?/

Noun

union f (plural union)

1. union

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

Noun

union c

1. union (a body with many members)

Declension

Derived terms

• unionsupplösning

See also

• fackförening
• federation
• förbund
• förening
• kår
• studentkår

Further reading

• union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?njo?/

Noun

union f (invariable)

1. union

Related terms

• unir

Welsh

Etymology

un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nj?n/

  Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.

Adjective

union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)

1. exact

Derived terms

• unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin lig?ti? (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from lig? (“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”). Doublet of ligation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?z?n
• (UK) IPA^(key): /li?e?.z??/, /li?e?.z?n/, /li?e?.z(?)n/, (nonstandard) /la??e?.z?n/, /la??e?.z?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /li.?e?.z?n/, /li.?e?.s?n/, (nonstandard) /?la?.?.s?n/

Noun

liaison (countable and uncountable, plural liaisons)

1. Communication between two parties or groups.
2. Co-operation, working together.
3. A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
4. A tryst, romantic meeting.
5. (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
6. (linguistics) 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".

   Hypernym: sandhi

Related terms

• liaise
• ligation

Translations

Verb

liaison (third-person singular simple present liaisons, present participle liaisoning, simple past and past participle liaisoned)

1. (proscribed) To liaise.

Anagrams

• isolani

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Late Latin lig?ti?, lig?ti?nem, derived from Latin lig? (“bind”), or formed from lier +? -aison based on the Latin word. Compare also Old Occitan liazó, liazon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lj?.z??/

Noun

liaison f (plural liaisons)

1. link, bond
2. friendship
3. liaison (romantic encounter)
4. liaison (communication)
5. (linguistics) liaison (phonological phenomenon)
6. (chemistry) bond

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

• “liaison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).