Standard Lemma guide

pleasurable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P L EH1 ZH ER0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That gives pleasure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The massage was a pleasurable experience.
  • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Planting of orchards is very [...] pleasurable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

affording satisfaction or pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the company was enjoyable
  • found her praise gratifying
  • full of happiness and pleasurable excitement
  • good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enjoyable, gratifying

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable From pleasure + -able.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прые́мны (pryjémny) — that gives pleasure
  • Esperanto: plezuriga — that gives pleasure
  • Finnish: miellyttävä — that gives pleasure
  • French: agréable — that gives pleasure
  • French: plaisant — that gives pleasure
  • Georgian: სასიამოვნო (sasiamovno) — that gives pleasure
  • German: angenehm — that gives pleasure
  • Irish: pléisiúrtha — that gives pleasure
  • Japanese: 楽しい (tanoshī) — that gives pleasure
  • Japanese: 愉快 (yukai) — that gives pleasure
  • Māori: whakarekareka — that gives pleasure
  • Polish: przyjemny — that gives pleasure
  • Portuguese: prazeroso — that gives pleasure
  • Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — that gives pleasure
  • Scottish Gaelic: tlachdmhor — that gives pleasure
  • Spanish: placentero — that gives pleasure
  • Ukrainian: приє́мний (pryjémnyj) — that gives pleasure