n. A bond of union; an intimacy; entanglement; commonly, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.n. In the French language, the linking or joining in pronunciation of a final consonant, usually silent, to the succeeding word when that begins with a vowel: for example, vous (vö) and avez, when coming together, are pronounced vö zavā.n. In cookery, a thickening, generally of beaten eggs, intended to combine or amalgamate the ingredients of a dish.