plaisir

See also: Plaisir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre. Compare Occitan plaser, Catalan plaer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛ.ziʁ/, /ple.ziʁ/

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Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

1. pleasure

   avec bien de plaisir ― with much pleasure

   avec grand plaisir ― with great pleasure

   priver quelqu’un du plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to deprive someone of the pleasure of doing something

   avoir eu le plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to have had the pleasure of doing something

Derived terms

• avec plaisir
• faire plaisir
• partie de plaisir
• prendre plaisir
• tout le plaisir est pour moi
• varier les plaisirs

 

Related terms

• plaire

 

Further reading

• “plaisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French plaisir.

Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

1. pleasure

Descendants

• French: plaisir
• → Dutch: plezier
  • Afrikaans: plesier
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: plesiri
  • Negerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesier
  • → Aukan: piisii
  • → Indonesian: pelesir
  • → Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier
  • → Saramaccan: piizíi
  • → Sranan Tongo: prisiri
    • → Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri

Old French

Alternative forms

• plaire, pleire, plere, pleyre

Etymology

From Latin placēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plai̯ˈziɾ/

Noun

plaisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)

1. pleasure

Verb

plaisir

1. to please

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of plaisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		plaisir			avoir pleü
gerund		en plaisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		plaisant
past participle		pleü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	plaz, plais	plais	plaist	plaisons	plaisiez	plaisent
	imperfect	plaisoie, plaiseie	plaisoies, plaiseies	plaisoit, plaiseit	plaisiiens, plaisiens	plaisiiez, plaisiez	plaisoient, plaiseient
	preterite	ploi	pleüs	plot	pleümes	pleüstes	plorent
	future	plairai	plairas	plaira	plairons	plairoiz, plaireiz, plairez	plairont
	conditional	plairoie, plaireie	plairoies, plaireies	plairoit, plaireit	plairiiens, plairiens	plairiiez, plairiez	plairoient, plaireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	place, plaise	places, plaises	place, plaise	placiens, plaçons, plaisiens, plaisons	placiez, plaisiez	placent, plaisent
	imperfect	pleüsse	pleüsses	pleüst	pleüssons, pleüssiens	pleüssoiz, pleüssez, pleüssiez	pleüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	plais	—	plaisons	plaisiez	—

Synonyms

• plaire

Descendants

• Middle French: plaisir
  • French: plaisir
  • → Dutch: plezier
    • Afrikaans: plesier
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: plesiri
    • Negerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesier
    • → Aukan: piisii
    • → Indonesian: pelesir
    • → Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier
    • → Saramaccan: piizíi
    • → Sranan Tongo: prisiri
      • → Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri
  • → German: Pläsier
• Norman: pliaithe
• → Middle English: plesen, plaisen, plesaunte, plaisir
  • English: please, pleasant, pleasure
    • → Irish: pléisiúr
    • → Welsh: pleser