please
English
/pliːz/, /pliz/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
- (intransitive) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English plesen derived from Old French plaise derived from Latin placēre, placeo (seem good, please) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plā-k- (wide and flat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plā-k-
Gloss
wide and flat
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- be- English
- betides English
- cockpleaser English
- crowdpleaser English
- impleasing English
- like English
- misplease English
- overplease English
- pleasable English
- pleasant English
- pleasantish English
- pleasantly English
- pleasantness English
- pleasantry English
- pleased English
- pleasedly English
- pleasedness English
- pleaseman English
- pleaser English
- pleasest English
- pleaseth English
- pleasing English
- pleasingly English
- pleasingness English
- pleasy English
- queme English
- self-pleasing English
- superplease English
- timepleaser English
- unpleasable English
- unpleasant English
- unpleased English
- unpleasing English
- unpleasive English
- placēre, placeo Latin
- piacere Italian
- plaisamment French
- plaisant French
- plaisanter French
- плиз Russian
- *plā-k- Proto-Indo-European
- *plāk- Proto-Indo-European
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- be- Old English
- cweman Old English
- gelician Old English
- langian Old English
- līcian Old English
- mislician Old English
- be- Middle English
- belongen Middle English
- like Middle English
- liken Middle English
- misplesen Middle English
- plesed Middle English
- plesen Middle English
- plesere Middle English
- plesynge Middle English
- quemen Middle English
- plaisant Old French
- plaise Old French
- plere Old French
- plesir Old French
- प्लीज़ Hindi
- plîs Welsh
- plezar Ido
- like Scots
- প্লিজ Bengali
- প্লীজ Bengali
- plis Tok Pisin
- plāk- Tocharian B
- be-
- like
- queme
- pleasy
- pleased
- betides
- pleaser
- pleasant
- pleaseth
- pleasing
- pleasest
- pleasable
- unpleased
- pleaseman
- pleasedly
- misplease
- unpleasing
- pleasingly
- unpleasive
- impleasing
- overplease
- pleasantry
- pleasantly
- unpleasant
- pleasedness
- unpleasable
- cockpleaser
- pleasantish
- timepleaser
- superplease
- pleasantness
- crowdpleaser
- pleasingness
- self-pleasing