plaisance

See also: Plaisance

English

Noun

plaisance (plural plaisances)

1. Obsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”).
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, pages 38-39:

     He wandered thoughtfully in the plaisance adjoining the house, planning, as we all plan, circumstances which never arrive; and framing speeches which, when the time comes, we never make.

See also

• Midway Plaisance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Asclepian, Pascaline, Plasencia, apsacline, caesalpin, snail pace, spalacine

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French

Etymology

From Middle French plaisance, Old French plaisance, by surface analysis, plaisant +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛ.zɑ̃s/ ~ /ple.zɑ̃s/

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Noun

plaisance f (plural plaisances)

1. (archaic) pleasure

   Synonym: plaisir

Derived terms

• bateau de plaisance
• port de plaisance
• plaisancier

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French plaisance

Noun

plaisance f (plural plaisances)

1. pleasure
2. want; desire

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Old French

Etymology

From the stem plais- of the verb plaisir +‎ -ance.

Noun

plaisance oblique singular, f (oblique plural plaisances, nominative singular plaisance, nominative plural plaisances)

1. (chiefly in the singular) pleasure