different between pleasure vs admire

English

Etymology

From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin place? (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pl???/
• (General American) enPR: pl?zh??r, IPA^(key): /?pl???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)
• Hyphenation: pleas?ure

Noun

pleasure (countable and uncountable, plural pleasures)

1. (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

   Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction

   Antonyms: displeasure, pain
2. (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.

   Synonyms: delight, joy

   • Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
3. (uncountable) One's preference.

   Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish

4. (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.

   Synonym: discretion

   • He will do his pleasure on Babylon.

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

pleasure

1. pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"

Verb

pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)

1. (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.

   Synonyms: please, gratify
2. (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.

3. (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.

Translations

Related terms

• displeasure
• please
• pleasant

Further reading

• pleasure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pleasure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• serpulae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin adm?ror, from ad + m?ror (“wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• Hyphenation: ad?mire
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
   • 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State

     examples rather to be admired than imitated

2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
4. (transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
6. (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
   • 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:

     And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.

   • 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur (?ISBN), page 37:

     “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Merida, Mérida, admier, mierda, raimed

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ad?mire/
  • Hyphenation: ad?mi?re
  • Rhymes: -ire

Adverb

admire

1. admiringly

French

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

Anagrams

• damier, médira, merdai, Mérida

Portuguese

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of admirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of admirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of admirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of admirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ad?mire]

Verb

admire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of admira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of admira

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?ma?r/

Verb

admire (third-person singular present admires, present participle admirin, past admired, past participle admired)

1. to admire, marvel at
2. to surprise, astonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?mi?e/, [að??mi.?e]

Verb

admire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of admirar.