French Dictionary

French-English translation of lier

1 lier Verb, transitive

(a) to link (up), join words (up); to bind, tie legs, hands up, (fig) unite people; to bind by contract; (Cookery) to thicken a sauce; ~ amitié to strike up a friendship; se ~ avec qn to make friends with sb

(b) (Ling) to index a constituent; le syntagme prépositionnel est lié à sa trace the prepositional phrase is indexed to its trace (or) co-indexed with its trace

Present: je lie, tu lies, il/elle lie, nous lions, vous liez, ils/elles lient
Imperfect: je liais, tu liais, il/elle liait, nous liions, vous liiez, ils/elles liaient
Future: je lierai, tu lieras, il/elle liera, nous lierons, vous lierez, ils/elles lieront
Perfect: j' ai lié, tu as lié, il/elle a lié, nous avons lié, vous avez lié, ils/elles ont lié
Present subjunctive: je lie, tu lies, il/elle lie, nous liions, vous liiez, ils/elles lient

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French-English translation of lier