I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of link (III)
: liaison 2
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of link (III)
: being a speech sound that has an analogue in the spelling and that is pronounced before a vowel-initial word that follows without pause but not before a consonant or a pause
r -droppers often have a linking r in four eighths
in French there is a linking z before the autres of les autres