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pleasure
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)
- (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
- Antonyms: displeasure, pain
- (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- Synonyms: delight, joy
- Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
- (uncountable) One's preference.
- Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish
- (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
- 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)
- (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
- Synonyms: please, gratify
- (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
- (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
pleasure From the web:
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- what pleasure does kissing give
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please
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pli?z/, [pl??iz]
- (General American) enPR: pl?z, IPA(key): /pliz/, [p??iz]
- Rhymes: -i?z
- Homophone: pleas
Etymology 1
From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin plac?re (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pl?-k- (“wide and flat”). Displaced native English queme (“to please, satisfy”), from Middle English quemen, queamen (“to please”) (from Old English cw?man (“to please”)), Middle English biluvien (“to please, delight”) (from Middle English bi-, be- + luvien (“to love”)), Middle English liken (“to like, please”) (from Old English l?cian (“to please, be like”)), Middle English lusten, listen (“to be pleasing, delight”) (from Old English lystan (“to please”)).
Alternative forms
- pleace (used from the Middle English period up to the 15th century, and in Scots until the 17th century)
Verb
please (third-person singular simple present pleases, present participle pleasing, simple past and past participle pleased)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
- (intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
Synonyms
- (to make happy): satisfy
- (to desire): desire, will
Antonyms
- (to make happy): annoy, irritate, disgust, displease
Derived terms
- pleaser
- pleasing
- pleasy
Related terms
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- pleasure
Translations
Etymology 2
Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it pleases you which is a calque of French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray.
Alternative forms
- (for the exaggerated way it is often pronounced as the expression of annoyance) puh-lease
Adverb
please (not comparable)
- Used to make a polite request.
- Used as an affirmative to an offer.
- An expression of annoyance or impatience.
Derived terms
- please explain
- pretty please
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ????? (plij), ????? (plij)
- ? Hindi: ?????? (pl?z) (urban, colloquial)
- ? Urdu: ????? (pl?z) (urban, colloquial)
Translations
Etymology 3
Semantic loan from German bitte (“please; excuse me”).
Adverb
please (not comparable)
- (Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information.
Synonyms
- (request to repeat): what, excuse me, pardon me, come again; see also Thesaurus:say again
References
Anagrams
- Sapele, asleep, elapse, sapele
please From the web:
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- what pleases ralph most about the island
- what pleases the holy spirit
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