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From rely +‎ -er.

relier (plural reliers)

  1. One who relies.

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

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)
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).