pleasure (English)

Etymology

From - enm - |pleasure|lang=enm, from - plesir, - |to please|lang=fro
  • Engelska - please
    • .

    Pronunciation

  • - /ˈplɛʒə/,

    /"plEZ@/

  • - plĕzhʹər, - /"plEZ@`/
  • en-us-pleasure.ogg
  • Rhymes: ɛʒə(r)

    • Noun

    a state of being pleased

  • He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
  • I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.

    • * {{quote-news

    |year=2012 |date=April 22 |author=Sam Sheringham |title=Liverpool 0-1 West Brom |work=BBC Sport |url= |page= |passage=But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.}}

    a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment

  • It was a pleasure to meet you.
  • The puppy was a pleasure.
  • Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.

    • one's preference

  • What is your pleasure, coffee or tea?

    • 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
  • to be imprisoned at_Her_Majesty's_pleasure|at_Her_Majesty's_pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
  • ''at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires

    • Synonyms

  • (state of mind) delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
  • (person or thing that causes enjoyment): delight, joy
  • (preference) desire, fancy, want, will, wish
  • (will or desire of party in power) discretion

    • Antonyms

  • pain
  • displeasure

    • Translations

    a state of being pleased

  • Albanian: kënaqësi

    sq

  • American Sign Language - OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface|xs=American Sign Language
  • Arabiska - متعة
  • Armenian - հաճույք|tr=hačuyk’
  • Azerbaijani: həzz
  • Bengali: নন্দ (anondo)
  • Bulgariska - удоволствие
    • , наслада
  • Chinese: 欢乐 (huān lè)
  • Tjeckiska - potěšení
  • Holländska - genoegen
    • , welbehagen, plezier
  • Esperanto - plezuro|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - lõbu
  • Finska - huvi
  • Franska - plaisir
  • Georgian: სიამოვნება (siamovneba)
  • Tyska - Vergnügen
    • , gern geschehen
  • Greek: ευχαρίστηση (eucharístēsē) , απόλαυση (apolafsē) , τέρψη (terpse) , ηδονή (hedoné)
  • Hebrew: ענג (oneg)
  • Hindiska - आनन्द
  • Ungerska - gyönyörűség
  • Indonesian: kesenangan
  • Interlingua - placer
  • Irish: pléisiúr
  • Italienska - piacere
  • Japanese: 喜び (よろこび) (yorokobi)
  • Korean: 쾌락 (kwaerak)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - خۆشی|tr=xoshí|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latgalian - prīca
  • Latin - voluptas|f, - iucunditas|f, - delectatio|f, - oblectatio|f, - delectamentum|n, - graudium|n, - dulcedo|f
  • Latvian: prieks
  • Lithuanian: malonumas

    lt

  • Luxembourgish - Plëséier|m
  • Mongolian - баяр жаргал|tr=bajar žargal|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian
  • Norska - fornøyelse
  • Old English - dream|m|alt=drēam|xs=Old English
  • Persiska - کیف
  • Polska - przyjemność
  • Portugisiska - prazer
  • Rumänska - plăcere
  • Ryska - удовольствие
  • Sanskrit - आनन्द|tr=ānanda|sc=Deva
  • Scottish Gaelic - tlachd|f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - задовољство|alt=задово̀љство|n|sc=Cyrl, - ужитак|alt=ужи́так|m|sc=Cyrl
  • : Roman - zadovoljstvo|alt=zadovòljstvo|n|sc=Latn, - užitak|alt=užítak|m|sc=Latn
  • Slovak: potešenie
  • Spanska - placer
  • Swahili: anasa (nc 9/10)
  • Svenska - behag
  • Tagalog: kaaliwan
  • Thailändska - ความปิติยินดี
  • Turkiska - zevk
  • Ukrainian: задоволення (zadovólennja)
  • Vietnamese: niềm_vui_thích
  • Walesiska - bodd
    • , boddhâd, hyfrydwch, mwynhâd, mwyniant, pleser
  • Jiddisch - פֿאַרגעניגן

    • person or thing that causes enjoyment

  • Armenian - հաճույք|tr=hačuyk’
  • Franska - plaisir
  • Tyska - Freude
    • , Spaß
  • Luxembourgish - Plëséier|m
  • Portugisiska - prazer
  • Ryska - удовольствие
    • , наслаждение, удовлетворение, радость, радость, развлечение
  • Scottish Gaelic - tlachd|f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - задовољство|alt=задово̀љство|n|sc=Cyrl, - ужитак|alt=ужи́так|m|sc=Cyrl
  • : Roman - zadovoljstvo|alt=zadovòljstvo|n|sc=Latn, - užitak|alt=užítak|m|sc=Latn

    • one's preference

  • Kroatiska - preferencija
    • ,
  • Franska - désir
  • Ryska - склонность
    • , расположенность, желание, воля

    Verb

    pleasur|ing

    to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to

  • Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.

    • Translations

    one's preference

  • American Sign Language - OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface|xs=American Sign Language
  • Tjeckiska - uspokojit
  • German: Vergnügen bereiten (being pleased)
  • Ryska - радовать
    • , доставлять удовольствие, удовлетворять

    Derived terms

  • antipleasure
  • at_Her_Majesty's_pleasure, at_His_Majesty's_pleasure
  • at_one's_pleasure, at_pleasure
  • business_before_pleasure
  • do_someone_a_pleasure
  • do_someone_the_pleasure_of
  • during_Her_Majesty's_pleasure, during_His_Majesty's_pleasure
  • during_one's_pleasure, during_pleasure
  • end-pleasure
  • English_pleasure
  • fore-pleasure
  • gold_of_pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure
  • it's_a_pleasure
  • lady_of_pleasure
  • man_of_pleasure
  • may_I_have_the_pleasure
  • my_pleasure
  • pleasurable
  • pleasurance
  • pleasure_barge
  • pleasure_boat
  • pleasure-carriage
  • pleasure_center, pleasure_centre
  • pleasure_craft
  • pleasure_cruise
  • pleasure_curve
  • pleasured
  • pleasure_dome
  • pleasuredrome
  • pleasureful
  • pleasure-giving
  • pleasure_ground
  • pleasurehood
  • pleasure_house
  • the pleasure_is_all_mine, the pleasure's_all_mine
  • the pleasure_is_mine, the pleasure's_mine
  • pleasureless
  • pleasure-loving
  • pleasurement
  • pleasure_moment
  • pleasuremonger
  • pleasure_of_someone's_company
  • pleasure-pain_principle
  • pleasure_principle
  • pleasurer
  • pleasure-seeker
  • pleasure-seeking
  • pleasures_of_the_flesh
  • pleasures_of_the_table
  • pleasure_steamer
  • pleasure_trip
  • pleasure-unpleasure_principle
  • pleasuring
  • pleasurist
  • pleasurous
  • sexual_pleasure
  • to_one's_pleasure, to_pleasure
  • unpleasure
  • western_pleasure
  • with_pleasure
  • woman_of_pleasure

    • Related terms

  • displeasure
  • please
  • pleasant

    • External links

    simple:pleasure

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