lier

See also: Lier

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: liar, lyre

Etymology 1

From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie +‎ -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.

Noun

lier (plural liers)

  1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
  2. A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Noun

lier (plural liers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of liar.
  2. Misspelling of liar.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liere, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lir/, [liːr], [liə̯r]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

lier f (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

  1. (music) lyre
  2. (music) hurdy-gurdy, wheel fiddle
  3. winch

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lier, from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lje/, /li.e/
  • audio(file)

Verb

lier

  1. to link
  2. to associate
  3. (cooking) to thicken
    lier une sauce ― to thicken a sauce

Conjugation
Conjugation of lier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple liant
/ljɑ̃/ or /li.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lié
/lje/ or /li.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present lie
/li/		 lies
/li/		 lie
/li/		 lions
/ljɔ̃/ or /li.ɔ̃/		 liez
/lje/ or /li.e/		 lient
/li/
imperfect liais
/ljɛ/ or /li.ɛ/		 liais
/ljɛ/ or /li.ɛ/		 liait
/ljɛ/ or /li.ɛ/		 liions
/li.jɔ̃/		 liiez
/li.je/		 liaient
/ljɛ/ or /li.ɛ/
past historic2 liai
/lje/ or /li.e/		 lias
/lja/ or /li.a/		 lia
/lja/ or /li.a/		 liâmes
/ljam/ or /li.am/		 liâtes
/ljat/ or /li.at/		 lièrent
/ljɛʁ/ or /li.ɛʁ/
future lierai
/li.ʁe/ or /li.ə.ʁe/		 lieras
/li.ʁa/ or /li.ə.ʁa/		 liera
/li.ʁa/ or /li.ə.ʁa/		 lierons
/li.ʁɔ̃/ or /li.ə.ʁɔ̃/		 lierez
/li.ʁe/ or /li.ə.ʁe/		 lieront
/li.ʁɔ̃/ or /li.ə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lierais
/li.ʁɛ/ or /li.ə.ʁɛ/		 lierais
/li.ʁɛ/ or /li.ə.ʁɛ/		 lierait
/li.ʁɛ/ or /li.ə.ʁɛ/		 lierions
/li.ʁjɔ̃/ or /li.ə.ʁjɔ̃/		 lieriez
/li.ʁje/ or /li.ə.ʁje/		 lieraient
/li.ʁɛ/ or /li.ə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present lie
/li/		 lies
/li/		 lie
/li/		 liions
/li.jɔ̃/		 liiez
/li.je/		 lient
/li/
imperfect2 liasse
/ljas/ or /li.as/		 liasses
/ljas/ or /li.as/		 liât
/lja/ or /li.a/		 liassions
/lja.sjɔ̃/ or /li.a.sjɔ̃/		 liassiez
/lja.sje/ or /li.a.sje/		 liassent
/ljas/ or /li.as/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lie
/li/		 — lions
/ljɔ̃/ or /li.ɔ̃/		 liez
/lje/ or /li.e/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → German: liieren

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

līer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

lier f

  1. indefinite plural of li

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms
  • liier, lïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

Verb

lier

  1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of lier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive lier avoir lïé
gerund en liant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle liant
past participle lïé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present li lïes lïe lions lïez lïent
imperfect lioie, lïeie, lioe, lïeve lioies, lïeies, lioes, lïeves lioit, lïeit, liot, lïeve liiiens, liiens liiiez, liiez lioient, lïeient, lioent, lïevent
preterite liai lias lia liames liastes lïerent
future lïerai lïeras lïera lïerons lïeroiz, lïereiz, lïerez lïeront
conditional lïeroie, lïereie lïeroies, lïereies lïeroit, lïereit lïeriiens, lïeriens lïeriiez, lïeriez lïeroient, lïereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present li lis lit lions lïez lïent
imperfect liasse liasses liast liissons, liissiens liissoiz, liissez, liissiez liassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— lïe — lions lïez —

Descendants
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