how to pronounce liaison

/liːˈɛɪˌzɑːn/

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liaison is pronounced in three syllables

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iː

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ɑː

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video examples of liaison pronunciation

An example use of liaison in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… she's been our liaison for all the …”

meaning of liaison

A liaison is a person who is in charge of a particular task or activity.

liaison frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word liaison occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics liaison can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that liaison can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;