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Meaning 1
pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pleasure
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplɛʒə/
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General-American: plĕzhʹər
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General-American: /ˈplɛʒɚ/
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rhymes with -ɛʒə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P L EH1 ZH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
- I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
Antonyms: displeasure, pain
noun
Meaning 3
A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- It was a pleasure to meet you.
- Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delight, joy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Sexual enjoyment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
One's preference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, uncountable
Examples
- to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
- to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
- at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discretion
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To give or afford pleasure to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: please, gratify
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To give sexual pleasure to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
Examples
- to go pleasuring
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
sexual gratification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he took his pleasure of her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
noun
Meaning 11
an activity that affords enjoyment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he puts duty before pleasure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: luxuriation
noun
Meaning 12
a formal expression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he serves at the pleasure of the President
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: choice, pick, selection
noun
Meaning 13
something or someone that provides a source of happiness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: joy, delight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: positive stimulus
noun
Meaning 14
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was tingling with pleasure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleasance
Antonyms: pain
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: delight, delectation, enjoyment, pleasantness, comfort, sexual pleasure
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
245 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kënaqësi — a state of being pleased
- American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface — a state of being pleased
- Arabic: مُتْعَة (mutʕa) — a state of being pleased
- Arabic: لَذَّة (laḏḏa) — a state of being pleased
- Armenian: հաճույք (hačuykʻ) — a state of being pleased
- Aromanian: plãtseare — a state of being pleased
- Azerbaijani: həzz — a state of being pleased
- Azerbaijani: ləzzət — a state of being pleased
- Azerbaijani: zövq — a state of being pleased
- Basque: atsegin — a state of being pleased
- Belarusian: задавальне́нне (zadavalʹnjénnje) — a state of being pleased
- Belarusian: задавальне́ньне (zadavalʹnjénʹnje) — a state of being pleased
- Belarusian: прые́мнасць (pryjémnascʹ) — a state of being pleased
- Belarusian: прые́мнасьць (pryjémnasʹcʹ) — a state of being pleased
- Bengali: নন্দ (nondo) — a state of being pleased
- Bulgarian: удово́лствие (udovólstvie) — a state of being pleased
- Bulgarian: насла́да (nasláda) — a state of being pleased
- Catalan: plaer — a state of being pleased
- Chinese Mandarin: 歡樂 /欢乐 (huānlè) — a state of being pleased
- Chinese Mandarin: 樂趣 /乐趣 (lèqù) — a state of being pleased
- Chinese Mandarin: 愉快 (yúkuài) — a state of being pleased
- Czech: potěšení — a state of being pleased
- Czech: rozkoš — a state of being pleased
- Czech: slast — a state of being pleased
- Danish: fornøjelse — a state of being pleased
- Danish: behag — a state of being pleased
- Dutch: plezier — a state of being pleased
- Dutch: genoegen — a state of being pleased
- Dutch: welbehagen — a state of being pleased
- Dutch: genot — a state of being pleased
- Esperanto: plezuro — a state of being pleased
- Esperanto: agrableco — a state of being pleased
- Estonian: mõnu — a state of being pleased
- Estonian: nauding — a state of being pleased
- Finnish: mielihyvä — a state of being pleased
- Finnish: nautinto — a state of being pleased
- Finnish: ilo — a state of being pleased
- French: plaisir — a state of being pleased
- Galician: pracer — a state of being pleased
- Georgian: სიამოვნება (siamovneba) — a state of being pleased
- German: Vergnügen — a state of being pleased
- German: Genuss — a state of being pleased
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃 (gabaurjōþus) — a state of being pleased
- Greek: ευχαρίστηση (efcharístisi) — a state of being pleased
- Greek: απόλαυση (apólafsi) — a state of being pleased
- Greek: ηδονή (idoní) — a state of being pleased
- Ancient Greek: ἦδος (êdos) — a state of being pleased
- Haitian Creole: plezi — a state of being pleased
- Hebrew: עונג \ עֹגֶג ('óneg) — a state of being pleased
- Hindi: आनन्द (ānand) — a state of being pleased
- Hindi: मज़ा (mazā) — a state of being pleased
- Hungarian: öröm — a state of being pleased
- Hungarian: élvezet — a state of being pleased
- Hungarian: gyönyörűség — a state of being pleased
- Hungarian: gyönyör — a state of being pleased
- Hungarian: kéj — a state of being pleased
- Icelandic: ánægja — a state of being pleased
- Indonesian: kesenangan — a state of being pleased
- Indonesian: kenikmatan — a state of being pleased
- Interlingua: placer — a state of being pleased
- Irish: pléisiúr — a state of being pleased
- Italian: piacere — a state of being pleased
- Italian: piacimento — a state of being pleased
- Italian: goduria — a state of being pleased
- Japanese: 喜び (yorokobi) — a state of being pleased
- Japanese: 快感 (kaikan) — a state of being pleased
- Kazakh: ләззат (läzzat) — a state of being pleased
- Kazakh: айыз (aiyz) — a state of being pleased
- Kazakh: рахат (raxat) — a state of being pleased
- Khmer: តុស្តី (tohsdəy) — a state of being pleased
- Khmer: តំរេក (tɑmreik) — a state of being pleased
- Khmer: ប្រាមោទ្យ (praamaot) — a state of being pleased
- Korean: 쾌락 (kwaerak) — a state of being pleased
- Korean: 환락 (hwallak) — a state of being pleased
- Korean: 기쁨 (gippeum) — a state of being pleased
- Korean: 즐거움 (jeulgeoum) — a state of being pleased
- Korean: 쾌감 (kwaegam) — a state of being pleased
- Central Kurdish: خۆشی (xoşî) — a state of being pleased
- Kyrgyz: жыргал (jırgal) — a state of being pleased
- Kyrgyz: рахат (rahat) — a state of being pleased
- Kyrgyz: ыракат (ırakat) — a state of being pleased
- Lao: ຄວາມສຸກ (khuām suk) — a state of being pleased
- Latgalian: prīca — a state of being pleased
- Latin: iucunditas — a state of being pleased
- Latin: delectatio — a state of being pleased
- Latin: oblectatio — a state of being pleased
- Latin: delectamentum — a state of being pleased
- Latin: gaudium — a state of being pleased
- Latin: dulcedo — a state of being pleased
- Latvian: prieks — a state of being pleased
- Ligurian: piâxéi — a state of being pleased
- Lithuanian: malonumas — a state of being pleased
- Lombard: piasé — a state of being pleased
- Luxembourgish: Plëséier — a state of being pleased
- Macedonian: задоволство (zadovolstvo) — a state of being pleased
- Malay: kesenangan — a state of being pleased
- Māori: rēhia — a state of being pleased
- Mauritian Creole: jos — a state of being pleased
- Mongolian: баяр жаргал (bajar žargal) — a state of being pleased
- Norwegian Bokmål: fornøyelse — a state of being pleased
- Occitan: plaser — a state of being pleased
- Old English: lust — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: کِیْف (keyf) — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: لِذَّت (lezzat) — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: خوشی (xoši) — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: عِیْش (eyš) — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: مَزِه (maze) — a state of being pleased
- Iranian Persian: مَزِّه (mazze) — a state of being pleased
- Polish: przyjemność — a state of being pleased
- Portuguese: prazer — a state of being pleased
- Romanian: plăcere — a state of being pleased
- Romansh: plaschair — a state of being pleased
- Russian: удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) — a state of being pleased
- Sanskrit: आनन्द (ānandá) — a state of being pleased
- Scottish Gaelic: tlachd — a state of being pleased
- Scottish Gaelic: gàirdeachas — a state of being pleased
- Serbo-Croatian: задово̀љство — a state of being pleased
- Serbo-Croatian: ужи́так — a state of being pleased
- Serbo-Croatian: zadovòljstvo — a state of being pleased
- Serbo-Croatian: užítak — a state of being pleased
- Seychellois Creole: plezir — a state of being pleased
- Slovak: potešenie — a state of being pleased
- Slovene: užitek — a state of being pleased
- Spanish: placer — a state of being pleased
- Swahili: anasa — a state of being pleased
- Swedish: nöje — a state of being pleased
- Swedish: behag — a state of being pleased
- Swedish: njutning — a state of being pleased
- Tagalog: kaaliwan — a state of being pleased
- Tagalog: kalugdan — a state of being pleased
- Tagalog: tuwa — a state of being pleased
- Tajik: лаззат (lazzat) — a state of being pleased
- Tatar: ләззәт (läzzät) — a state of being pleased
- Thai: ความปิติยินดี (kwaam-bpì-dtì-yin-dii) — a state of being pleased
- Thai: ปิติ (bpì-dtì) — a state of being pleased
- Thai: นนท์ (non) — a state of being pleased
- Thai: ความสุข (kwaam-sùk) — a state of being pleased
- Tocharian B: wīna — a state of being pleased
- Tocharian B: yāso — a state of being pleased
- Turkish: zevk — a state of being pleased
- Turkish: memnuniyet — a state of being pleased
- Turkish: keyif — a state of being pleased
- Turkmen: lezzet — a state of being pleased
- Ukrainian: задово́лення (zadovólennja) — a state of being pleased
- Ukrainian: приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ) — a state of being pleased
- Urdu: آنَنْد (ānand) — a state of being pleased
- Urdu: خوشی (xośī) — a state of being pleased
- Urdu: عَیش ('aiś) — a state of being pleased
- Urdu: لَذَّت (lazzat) — a state of being pleased
- Urdu: مَزَہ (maza) — a state of being pleased
- Uyghur: لەززەت (lezzet) — a state of being pleased
- Uzbek: lazzat — a state of being pleased
- Uzbek: zavqlanish — a state of being pleased
- Vietnamese: niềm vui thích — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: bodd — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: boddhâd — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: hyfrydwch — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: mwynhâd — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: mwyniant — a state of being pleased
- Welsh: pleser — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: הנאה (hanoe) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: חיות (khayes) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: עונג (oyneg) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: תּענוג (tayneg) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: פֿאַרגעניגן (fargenign) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: וווילטאָג (voyltog) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: נחת (nakhes) — a state of being pleased
- Yiddish: מחיה (mekhaye) — a state of being pleased
- Armenian: հաճույք (hačuykʻ) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: ləzzət — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: kef — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: hüsn — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: həzz — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: nəşə — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: səfa — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: zövq — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Catalan: plaer — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Esperanto: agrablaĵo — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Finnish: ilo — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- French: plaisir — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- German: Freude — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- German: Spaß — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Hungarian: öröm — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Hungarian: élmény — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Hungarian: kedvtelés — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Hungarian: szórakozás — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Italian: piacere — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Ligurian: piâxéi — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Luxembourgish: Plëséier — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Portuguese: prazer — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: удовлетворе́ние (udovletvorénije) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: ра́дость (rádostʹ) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: пло́тские ра́дости (plótskije rádosti) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Russian: развлече́ние (razvlečénije) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Scottish Gaelic: tlachd — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Serbo-Croatian: задово̀љство — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Serbo-Croatian: ужи́так — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Serbo-Croatian: zadovòljstvo — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Serbo-Croatian: užítak — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Spanish: placer — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Ukrainian: уті́ха (utíxa) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Ukrainian: вті́ха (vtíxa) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Ukrainian: розра́да (rozráda) — person or thing that causes enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: həzz — sexual enjoyment
- Azerbaijani: ləzzət — sexual enjoyment
- Danish: vellyst — sexual enjoyment
- Dutch: wellust — sexual enjoyment
- French: volupté — sexual enjoyment
- German: Wollust — sexual enjoyment
- Hungarian: kéj — sexual enjoyment
- Irish: sámhas — sexual enjoyment
- Italian: voluttà — sexual enjoyment
- Latin: voluptas — sexual enjoyment
- Norwegian Bokmål: vellyst — sexual enjoyment
- Portuguese: voluptuosidade — sexual enjoyment
- Russian: наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) — sexual enjoyment
- Spanish: voluptuosidad — sexual enjoyment
- Swedish: vällust — sexual enjoyment
- Tocharian B: ykāssäññe — sexual enjoyment
- Tocharian B: yśelme — sexual enjoyment
- Turkish: şehvet — sexual enjoyment
- Albanian: këndë — one's preference
- French: désir — one's preference
- Hungarian: kívánság — one's preference
- Hungarian: kedv — one's preference
- Italian: preferenza — one's preference
- Italian: scelta — one's preference
- Russian: скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) — one's preference
- Russian: располо́женность (raspolóžennostʹ) — one's preference
- Russian: жела́ние (želánije) — one's preference
- Russian: во́ля (vólja) — one's preference
- Serbo-Croatian: преферѐнција — one's preference
- Serbo-Croatian: preferèncija — one's preference
- Hungarian: belátás — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Hungarian: megítélés — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Hungarian: tetszés — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Hungarian: óhaj — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Hungarian: kívánság — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Italian: piacimento — the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
- Catalan: agradar — to give pleasure to
- Esperanto: plezuri — to give pleasure to
- Portuguese: agradar — to give pleasure to
- Spanish: gustar — to give pleasure to
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