relié
relié is the masculine singular past participle of the French verb relier, meaning “to bind” or “to connect.” In contemporary French it is used as an adjective to describe objects that have been physically joined, most commonly books, as in un livre relié (a bound book), and to indicate relationships of logical or thematic connection, such as des faits liés ou reliés (linked or related facts).
In the publishing industry, rélié designates a work that has been assembled with a hard or soft
Beyond printing, the concept of being rélié extends to other fields. In music, a rélié passage may
The word appears in French surnames, most notably in the name of the 19th‑century French painter Pierre‑Louis
Overall, relié functions both as a descriptive term for physically bound objects and as a metaphorical marker