relier

English

Etymology

rely +‎ -er

Noun

relier (plural reliers)

  1. One who relies.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ lier, or from Latin religāre. Found in Old French as reloier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.lje/
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Verb

relier

  1. to connect, link, join, relate to
    Ce problème est relié à un produit inférieur.
    This problem is linked to an inferior product.
  2. to bind (as a book)
    Mon livre est relié en cuir.
    My book is leather-bound.
  3. to hoop together (as a barrel)

Conjugation
Conjugation of relier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple relier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple reliant
/ʁə.ljɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle relié
/ʁə.lje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present relie
/ʁə.li/		 relies
/ʁə.li/		 relie
/ʁə.li/		 relions
/ʁə.ljɔ̃/		 reliez
/ʁə.lje/		 relient
/ʁə.li/
imperfect reliais
/ʁə.ljɛ/		 reliais
/ʁə.ljɛ/		 reliait
/ʁə.ljɛ/		 reliions
/ʁə.li.jɔ̃/		 reliiez
/ʁə.li.je/		 reliaient
/ʁə.ljɛ/
past historic2 reliai
/ʁə.lje/		 relias
/ʁə.lja/		 relia
/ʁə.lja/		 reliâmes
/ʁə.ljam/		 reliâtes
/ʁə.ljat/		 relièrent
/ʁə.ljɛʁ/
future relierai
/ʁə.li.ʁe/		 relieras
/ʁə.li.ʁa/		 reliera
/ʁə.li.ʁa/		 relierons
/ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/		 relierez
/ʁə.li.ʁe/		 relieront
/ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional relierais
/ʁə.li.ʁɛ/		 relierais
/ʁə.li.ʁɛ/		 relierait
/ʁə.li.ʁɛ/		 relierions
/ʁə.li.ʁjɔ̃/		 relieriez
/ʁə.li.ʁje/		 relieraient
/ʁə.li.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 relie
/ʁə.li/		 relies
/ʁə.li/		 relie
/ʁə.li/		 reliions
/ʁə.li.jɔ̃/		 reliiez
/ʁə.li.je/		 relient
/ʁə.li/
imperfect2 reliasse
/ʁə.ljas/		 reliasses
/ʁə.ljas/		 reliât
/ʁə.lja/		 reliassions
/ʁə.lja.sjɔ̃/		 reliassiez
/ʁə.lja.sje/		 reliassent
/ʁə.ljas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — relie
/ʁə.li/		 — relions
/ʁə.ljɔ̃/		 reliez
/ʁə.lje/		 —
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).

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