See pleasure on Wiktionary
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}, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "to one's pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "to pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "to what do I owe the pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "unpleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "western pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "what's your pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "with pleasure" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "woman of pleasure" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*pleh₂-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "-ure", "nocat": "1" }, "expansion": "-ure", "name": "af" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "plaisir", "4": "", "5": "pleasure" }, "expansion": "Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "plesir" }, "expansion": "Old French plesir", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "placeō", "t": "to please, to seem good" }, "expansion": "Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*pleh₂-k-", "4": "", "5": "wide and flat" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "plezier", "3": "", "4": "pleasure, fun" }, "expansion": "Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "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”). 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"Thesaurus:pleasure", "word": "sunshine and rainbows" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:pleasure", "word": "aroused" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:pleasure", "word": "blissful" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:pleasure", "word": "happy" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "source": "Thesaurus:pleasure", "word": "pleasant" } ], "senses": [ { "antonyms": [ { "word": "displeasure" }, { "word": "pain" } ], "categories": [ { "_dis": "4 27 7 3 10 17 2 2 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 21 17 3 11 16 2 2 25", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "2 27 4 1 10 19 2 2 33", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 26 6 3 12 18 2 2 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 28 16 10 14 13 0 0 12", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Emotions", "orig": "en:Emotions", "parents": [ "Mind", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "He remembered with pleasure his home and family.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:", "text": "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.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2019, Toro y Moi (lyrics and music), “Ordinary Pleasure”, in Outer Peace:", "text": "Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A state of being pleased or contented; gratification." ], "id": "en-pleasure-en-noun-guFObsdW", "links": [ [ "state", "state" ], [ "pleased", "pleased" ], [ "contented", "contented" ], [ "gratification", "gratification" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "delight" }, { "word": "gladness" }, { "word": "gratification" }, { "word": "happiness" }, { "word": "indulgence" }, { "word": "satisfaction" } ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "kënaqësi" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mutʕa", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "مُتْعَة" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "laḏḏa", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "لَذَّة" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "hačuykʻ", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "հաճույք" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "rup", "lang": "Aromanian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "plãtseare" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "həzz" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "atsegin" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zadavalʹnjénnje", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "задавальне́нне" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pryjémnascʹ", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "прые́мнасць" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "nondo", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "নন্দ" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "udovólstvie", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "удово́лствие" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "nasláda", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "насла́да" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "plaer" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "歡樂" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huānlè", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "欢乐" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "樂趣" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "lèqù", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "乐趣" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "potěšení" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "rozkoš" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "slast" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "fornøjelse" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "behag" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "plezier" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "genoegen" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "welbehagen" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "plezuro" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "agrableco" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "mõnu" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "mielihyvä" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "nautinto" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "ilo" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "plaisir" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pracer" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "siamovneba", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "სიამოვნება" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Vergnügen" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "gabaurjōþus", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "efcharístisi", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ευχαρίστηση" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apólafsi", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "απόλαυση" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "êdos", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ἦδος" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "plezi" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "'óneg", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "עונג \\ עֹגֶג" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "ānand", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "आनन्द" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "öröm" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "élvezet" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "gyönyörűség" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "gyönyör" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "hu", "english": "the latter two often imply sexual pleasure", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "kéj" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "kesenangan" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "placer" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pléisiúr" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "piacere" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "piacimento" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "goduria" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "alt": "よろこび", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yorokobi", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "喜び" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "alt": "かいかん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaikan", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "快感" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "kwaerak", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "쾌락" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "hwallak", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "환락" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "gippeum", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "기쁨" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jeulgeoum", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "즐거움" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ckb", "lang": "Central Kurdish", "roman": "xoşî", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "خۆشی" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ltg", "lang": "Latgalian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "prīca" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "iucunditas" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "delectatio" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "oblectatio" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "delectamentum" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "gaudium" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", 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"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "rēhia" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "mfe", "lang": "Mauritian Creole", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "jos" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "bajar žargal", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "баяр жаргал" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "fornøyelse" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "plaser" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "lust" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "keyf", "sense": "a state of being pleased", "word": "کیف" }, { "_dis1": "74 4 2 7 12", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "lezzat", 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Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:", "text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. 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Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:", "text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment." ], "links": [ [ "person", "person" ], [ "thing", "thing" ], [ "action", "action" ], [ "cause", "cause" ], [ "enjoyment", "enjoyment" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "delight" }, { "word": "joy" } ], "tags": [ "countable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English uncountable nouns" ], "glosses": [ "Sexual enjoyment." ], "links": [ [ "Sexual", "sexual" ], [ "enjoyment", "enjoyment" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) Sexual enjoyment." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples", "English uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "One's preference." ], "links": [ [ "preference", "preference" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) One's preference." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "desire" }, { "word": "fancy" }, { 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Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). 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Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). 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