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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
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vacation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vac?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v??ke??(?)n/, /ve??ke??(?)n/
- (US) enPR: v?-k?'sh?n, IPA(key): /ve??ke???n/, /v??ke??(?)n/
- Rhymes: -e???n, -e??n
- Hyphenation: va?ca?tion
Noun
vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)
- Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
- (Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
- The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
- (US, law) The act of making legally void.
Synonyms
- (freedom from some activity): holiday (UK)
- (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
- (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (UK); see also Thesaurus:vacation
- (act of vacating something): departure, moveout
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
- (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
- This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Synonyms
- (Britain) go on holiday
- go on vacation
- holiday
Translations
Related terms
- vacate
Anagrams
- Octavian
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ka.sj??/
Noun
vacation f (plural vacations)
- (law) session
Further reading
- “vacation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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