relier

English

Etymology

From 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).

Derived terms

• relieur
• reliure

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

• “relier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• irréel, lierre, relire