pleasure
English
/ˈplɛʒə/, /ˈplɛʒɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- (uncountable) One's preference.
- (formal) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English plaisir (pleasure) derived from Old French plesir 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
- antipleasure English
- bot English
- dome English
- forepleasure English
- nonpleasurable English
- pleasurability English
- pleasurable English
- pleasurableness English
- pleasurably English
- pleasurebot English
- pleasuredome English
- pleasureful English
- pleasurefully English
- pleasureless English
- pleasurelessness English
- pleasurer English
- pleasuresome English
- pleasurest English
- pleasureth English
- pleasurist English
- pleasurization English
- pleasurize English
- self-pleasure English
- unpleasurable English
- unpleasure English
- placēre, placeo Latin
- plezier Dutch, Flemish
- plezierig Dutch, Flemish
- plezierjacht Dutch, Flemish
- pleziervaart Dutch, Flemish
- plaisir French
- *plā-k- Proto-Indo-European
- plaisir Middle English
- plaise Old French
- plesir Old French
- malplezuro Esperanto
- plezuriga Esperanto
- plezuro Esperanto
- pelesir Indonesian
- pleser Welsh
- plezuro Ido
- plesier Afrikaans
- plaisir Middle French
- prisirie Sranan Tongo
- bot
- dome
- pleasurer
- pleasurist
- pleasurize
- pleasureth
- pleasurest
- unpleasure
- pleasurebot
- pleasurably
- pleasureful
- pleasurable
- forepleasure
- antipleasure
- pleasuredome
- pleasureless
- pleasuresome
- self-pleasure
- unpleasurable
- pleasurefully
- pleasurization
- pleasurability
- nonpleasurable
- pleasurableness
- pleasurelessness