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French

Etymology

From Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin plac?re, present active infinitive of place?. Compare Occitan plaser (“pleasure”), Catalan plaer (“pleasure”), Italian piacere (“pleasure”), Spanish placer (“pleasure”), Portuguese prazer (“pleasure”), Romanian pl?cere (“pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?.zi?/, /ple.zi?/

Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

1. pleasure

Derived terms

• avec plaisir
• faire plaisir
• partie de plaisir
• tout le plaisir est pour moi

Related terms

• plaire

Further reading

• “plaisir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French plaisir.

Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

1. pleasure

Descendants

• French: plaisir
• ? Dutch: plezier
  • Afrikaans: plesier
  • ? Indonesian: pelesir
  • ? Sranan Tongo: prisiri

Old French

Alternative forms

• plaire
• pleire
• plere
• pleyre

Etymology

From Latin plac?re, infinitive of place?.

Noun

plaisir m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)

1. pleasure

Verb

plaisir

1. to please

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

• plaire

Descendants

• ? Middle English: plesen, plaisen
  • English: please, pleasure
• Middle French: plaisir
  • ? Dutch: plezier
    • Afrikaans: plesier
    • ? Indonesian: pelesir
    • ? Sranan Tongo: prisiri
  • French: plaisir
• Norman: pliaithe