pleasure
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pleasure
- /ˈplɛʒə/ UK
- /ˈplɛʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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 placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
noun pleasures
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A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
Similar: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction · Opposite: displeasure, pain
- A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment. It was a pleasure to meet you.
- Sexual enjoyment.
- One's preference. What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
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The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
Similar: discretion
Similar: beatitude, bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, euphoria, lust, nirvana, pleasure, rapture, ravishment, transport · Opposite: agony
interjection
- pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
verb pleasures · pleasuring · pleasured
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: joy, delight, pleasance, enjoyable, happiness, pleasant, enjoyment, pleasing, delightful, glad, gratification, enjoy, happy, nice, amenity, glee
Translations
Every language
noun a state of being pleased
| Español | placer, placemiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쾌락 kwaerak, 환락 hwallak, 기쁨 gippeum, 즐거움 jeulgeoum, 쾌감 kwaegam |
| 日本語 | 喜び yorokobi, 快感 kaikan |
| 中文 | 歡樂 /欢乐 huānlè, 樂趣 /乐趣 lèqù, 愉快 yúkuài |
| हिन्दी | आनन्द ānand, मज़ा mazā |
| Kiswahili | anasa |
| Português | prazer |
| Français | plaisir |
| Deutsch | Vergnügen, Genuss |
| Italiano | piacere, piacimento, goduria |
| Ελληνικά | ευχαρίστηση efcharístisi, απόλαυση apólafsi, ηδονή idoní |
| Română | plăcere |
| Русский | удово́льствие udovólʹstvije |
| Tiếng Việt | niềm vui thích |
| العربية | مُتْعَة mutʕa, لَذَّة laḏḏa |
| עברית | עונג \ עֹגֶג 'óneg |
noun person or thing that causes enjoyment
| Español | placer |
|---|---|
| Português | prazer |
| Français | plaisir |
| Deutsch | Freude, Spaß |
| Italiano | piacere |
| Русский | удово́льствие udovólʹstvije, наслажде́ние naslaždénije, удовлетворе́ние udovletvorénije, ра́дость rádostʹ, пло́тские ра́дости plótskije rádosti, развлече́ние razvlečénije |
noun sexual enjoyment
| Español | voluptuosidad |
|---|---|
| Português | voluptuosidade |
| Français | volupté |
| Deutsch | Wollust |
| Italiano | voluttà |
| Русский | наслажде́ние naslaždénije |
noun one's preference
| Français | désir |
|---|---|
| Italiano | preferenza, scelta |
| Русский | скло́нность sklónnostʹ, располо́женность raspolóžennostʹ, жела́ние želánije, во́ля vólja |
noun the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
| Italiano | piacimento |
|---|
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