relier
French, verb/ʁə.lje/
relier is spelled R-E-L-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relier is a French verb meaning “to connect, link, join, relate to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lier de nouveau, refaire le nœud qui liait et qui est défait”.
What does relier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to connect, link, join, relate to
Ce problème est relié à un produit inférieur.
- 2
to bind (as a book)
Mon livre est relié en cuir.
- 3
to hoop together (as a barrel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lier de nouveau, refaire le nœud qui liait et qui est défait. 2. Unir ; rattacher ; mettre en rapport. 3. Coudre ensemble les feuillets d’un livre et y mettre une couverture. 4. Remettre ou simplement mettre des cercles, des cerceaux à une barrique, à un tonneau, à une cuve ou à d’autres futailles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of relier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reliant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- relié participle past
- relie first-person indicative present
- relies indicative present second-person
- relions first-person indicative plural
- reliez indicative plural present
- relient indicative plural present
- reliais first-person imperfect indicative
- reliait imperfect indicative singular
- reliions first-person imperfect indicative
- reliiez imperfect indicative plural
- reliaient imperfect indicative plural
- reliai first-person historic indicative
- relias historic indicative past
- relia historic indicative past
- reliâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relier?
- /ʁə.lje/
- \ʁə.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relier in French?
relier appears 5.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).