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{ "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of “to make happy”", "word": "annoy" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “to make happy”", "word": "irritate" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “to make happy”", "word": "disgust" }, { "sense": "antonym(s) of “to make happy”", "word": "displease" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "as you please" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "crowdpleasing" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleaser" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "please-time" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "please yourself" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleasing" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleasy" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "you cannot please everyone" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "pleasen", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Dutch: pleasen", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Dutch: pleasen" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "plesen" }, "expansion": "Middle English plesen", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "plaise" }, "expansion": "Old French plaise", "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": "*pleHk-", "t": "pleasingness, permission" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "līcian" }, "expansion": "Old English līcian", "name": "ncog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”). In this sense, displaced native Old English līcian, whence Modern English like.", "forms": [ { "form": "pleases", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "pleasing", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "pleased", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "pleased", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "please", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "please (third-person singular simple present pleases, present participle pleasing, simple past and past participle pleased)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "inflection_templates": [ { "args": { "old": "1", "past_old": "pleas'd", "stem": "pleas" }, "name": "en-conj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleasant" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleasurable" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "pleasure" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "50 50", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Old English translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "55 45", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Tocharian B translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Her presentation pleased the executives.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Our new range of organic foods is sure to please.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:", "text": "And so it had always pleased M. Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties ; and his expectations had waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. Stutz thought, would bring fineness to a point in a man like Ivor Marlay, […].", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to." ], "id": "en-please-en-verb-XQPGha-t", "links": [ [ "transitive", "transitive" ], [ "intransitive", "intransitive" ], [ "happy", "happy" ], [ "satisfy", "satisfy" ], [ "pleasure", "pleasure" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, intransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "95 5", "sense": "to make happy", "word": "satisfy" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive", "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tevrede stel" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔarḍā", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "أَرْضَى" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔaʕjaba", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "أَعْجَبَ" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "gohacʻnel", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "գոհացնել" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "dur gal", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "դուր գալ" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "khuśi kora", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "খুশি করা" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "dostavjam udovolstvie", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "доставям удоволствие" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plaure" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "complaure" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "討好" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cmn", "english": "toady", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "tǎohǎo", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "讨好" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "potěšit" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "udělat radost" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "uspokojit" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "vyhovět" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "nl", "english": "satisfy", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "bevallen" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "nl", "english": "give pleasure", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "behagen" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plaĉi" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gleða" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fj", "lang": "Fijian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "yalo vinaka" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "miellyttää" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plaire" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plasê a" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "contentâ" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "apajâ" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gefallen" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "rechtmachen" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "efcharistó", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ευχαριστώ" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "térpo", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "τέρπω" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "díno efcharístisi", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "δίνω ευχαρίστηση" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "aréskō", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ἀρέσκω" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "handánō", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ἁνδάνω" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pasand karnā", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "पसंद करना" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "örömet szerez" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "kedvére tesz" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "kedvére van" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "kedvében jár" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gleða" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plezar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placer" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sásaigh" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "accontentare" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "piacere" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "alt": "よろこばす", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yorokobasu", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "喜ばす" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "gippeuge hada", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "기쁘게 하다" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "iuvāre" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placēre" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "nds-de", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "German-Low-German" ], "word": "behagen" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "zadovóluva", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "задово́лува" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "dópaǵa", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "до́паѓа" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "bendísuva", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "бенди́сува" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "yolceuiz" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "rijhāunu", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "रिझाउनु" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "uridhisha" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "pliaithe" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "behage" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "være til lags" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tiltale" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "līcian" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "non", "lang": "Old Norse", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gleðja" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "sprawiać przyjemność" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "sprawić przyjemność" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zadowalać" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zadowolić" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "dogadzać" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "dogodzić" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "cieszyć" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "ucieszyć" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "mulțumi" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "satisface" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "încânta" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "note": "literally to be pleasing, but used to say \"to like\"", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plăcea" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rádovatʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "ра́довать" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ugoždátʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "угожда́ть" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "english": "appeal, be liked", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nrávitʹsja", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "нра́виться" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dostavljátʹ udovólʹstvije", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "доставля́ть удово́льствие" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "english": "satisfy", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "udovletvorjátʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "удовлетворя́ть" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "téšitʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "те́шить" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "prīṇāti", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "प्रीणाति" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "còrd ri" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sàsaich" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "riaraich" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "zadovoljiti" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ugoditi" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "zadovoljiti" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "spódobaś se" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zespódobaś se" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gustar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placer" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "complacer" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "dar gusto" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "behaga" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "glädja" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tillfredsställa" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ställa till freds" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ställa till frids" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tilltala" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plāk-" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sevindirmek" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "hodýty", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "годи́ти" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "dohodžáty", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "догоджа́ти" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plaire" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plesio" }, { "_dis1": "97 3", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "bodloni" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "27 73", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Dalmatian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "27 73", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Faroese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "27 73", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Friulian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "43 57", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German Low German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "31 69", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Nahuatl translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "27 73", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Norwegian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "50 50", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Old English translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "30 70", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Old Norse translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "29 71", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Sanskrit translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "55 45", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Tocharian B translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Just do as you please.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1611, Bible, KJV edition, Psalm 135:6:", "text": "Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth […]", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1870 July 16, “Our Idler’s Gossip”, in Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle, volume XXVII, number 708, new series, [Sydney, N.S.W.], page [3], column 2:", "text": "“Will any gentleman please to get outside and make room for a lady?”", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To desire; to will; to be pleased by." ], "id": "en-please-en-verb-FAm7O0pa", "links": [ [ "desire", "desire" ], [ "will", "will" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "3 97", "sense": "to desire", "word": "desire" }, { "_dis1": "3 97", "sense": "to desire", "word": "will" } ], "tags": [ "ergative", "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "haluta" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "mieliä" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "lystätä" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "szeretne" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "akar" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "kíván" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "kedve tartja" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "barada", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "바라다" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/pliːz/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "enpr": "plēz", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/pliz/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-uk-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg/En-uk-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg" }, { "audio": "en-us-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-us-please.ogg/En-us-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-us-please.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːz" }, { "homophone": "pleas" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "english": "used from the Middle English period up to the 15th century, and in Scots until the 17th century", "word": "pleace" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "plaise" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Modern English", "please" ], "word": "please" } { "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "bitch, please" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "OK please" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "pl0x" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please excuse my dear Aunt Sally" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please explain" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please find attached" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please God" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please help me" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please pass the salt" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please repeat after me" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please say that again" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please sit down" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please speak more slowly" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please turn left" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "please turn right" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "plox" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "pls" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "plz" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "pretty please" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "time gentlemen please" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0", "word": "will the real someone please stand up" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "bn", "2": "প্লিজ", "3": "প্লীজ", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Bengali: প্লিজ (plij), প্লীজ (plij)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Bengali: প্লিজ (plij), প্লীজ (plij)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fi", "2": "pliis", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Finnish: pliis", "name": "desc" }, { "args": { "1": "colloquial" }, "expansion": "(colloquial)", "name": "i" } ], "text": "→ Finnish: pliis (colloquial)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "hi", "2": "प्लीज़", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Hindi: प्लीज़ (plīz)", "name": "desc" }, { "args": { "1": "urban, colloquial" }, "expansion": "(urban, colloquial)", "name": "i" } ], "text": "→ Hindi: प्लीज़ (plīz) (urban, colloquial)" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fr", "3": "s'il vous plaît", "nocap": "1" }, "expansion": "calque of French s’il vous plaît", "name": "calque" } ], "etymology_text": "Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you which is a calque of French s’il vous plaît, which replaced pray.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "please (not comparable)", "name": "en-adv" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Please, pass the bread.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Would you please sign this form?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Could you tell me the time, please?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "May I take your order, please?", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1983 July 10, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County, spoken by Yuri Andropov:", "text": "(Michael): Yuri Andropov! What are you doing in my closet of anxieties again?\n(Yuri): Uh, oh. This is not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.?\n(Michael): Does it look like it? You're in the wrong nightmare again!!\n(Yuri): ★@#*!?! Soviet maps ... worth nothing! Give, please, directions to White House.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to make a polite request." ], "id": "en-please-en-adv-Y7i8gSTc", "tags": [ "not-comparable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ada", "lang": "Adangme", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "i kpa mo pɛ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "asseblief" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kanalla" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ain", "lang": "Ainu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "yan" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ain", "lang": "Ainu", "roman": "wa enkore", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ワ エンコレ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "të lutem" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ju lutem" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ale", "lang": "Aleut", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "puzaalusti" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "min faḍlik", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مِن فَضْلِك" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "rajāʔan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "رَجَاءً" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "luṭfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لُطْفًا" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔarjūk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "أَرْجُوك" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "addressee-masculine" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥtī", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "addressee-feminine" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْتِي" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʕāfāk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "عافاك" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh ytūb ʕlīk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يتوب عليك" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh yarḥam yimmāk, ellāh yirḥam yimmāk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يرحم يماك" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh yḵallīlak em-mīma", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يخليلك الميمة" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ajp", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "South-Levantine-Arabic" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "syc", "lang": "Aramaic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Classical-Syriac" ], "word": "ܒܒܥܘ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "syc", "lang": "Aramaic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Classical-Syriac" ], "word": "ܢܝ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xndrem", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "խնդրեմ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "av", "lang": "Avar", "roman": "dala kkˡʼerijin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "дала кьерийин" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lütfən" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "zəhmət olmasa" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mesedez" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "faborez" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "otoi" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "arren" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "kalí láska", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "калі́ ла́ска" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "prašú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "прашу́" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "plij", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "প্লিজ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "plij", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "প্লীজ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "doẏa kore", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "দয়া করে" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mar plij" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "mólja", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мо́ля" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "pa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "particle" ], "word": "ပါ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kye:ju:pru.rwe", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ကျေးဇူးပြု၍" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si us plau" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "per favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palihog" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ce", "lang": "Chechen", "roman": "devzina xaza xeta", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "девзина хаза хета" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "請" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "note": "in formal writing", "roman": "cing²", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "请" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "唔該" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "m⁴ goi¹", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "topics": [ "language", "linguistics", "human-sciences", "sciences" ], "word": "唔该" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "dng", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "čin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Dungan" ], "word": "чин" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "請" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "always in front a verb", "roman": "qǐng", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "请" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "拜託" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bàituō", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "拜托" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cop", "lang": "Coptic", "roman": "arih̀mot", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ⲁⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mar pleg" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosím" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vær så venlig" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tak" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gerne" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "polite" ], "word": "alstublieft" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gelieve" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "alsjeblieft" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "a.u.b." }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "a.j.b." }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "vls", "lang": "Flemish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal", "polite" ], "word": "alstublieft" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bonvolu" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palun" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "note": "said by more than one person", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palume" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fj", "lang": "Fijian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "yalo vinaka" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "no single translation exists in Finnish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "formal; V-form", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "olkaa hyvä" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "formal; T-form", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ole hyvä" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "after the request", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kiitos" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fi", "english": "pleading or childish", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ole kiltti" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se vos plét" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "s’il vous plaît" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "s’il te plaît" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "S.V.P." }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fr", "english": "impersonal or official", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "prière de" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fr", "english": "impersonal or official", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "veuillez" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "grt", "lang": "Garo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ka·sapae" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "tu šeiʒleba", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "თუ შეიძლება" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gtxovt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "გთხოვთ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bitte" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "parakaló", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "παρακαλώ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "aitô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "αἰτῶ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "déomai", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "δέομαι" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "erōtô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ἐρωτῶ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "parakalô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "παρακαλῶ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "e ʻoluʻolu" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "b'vakashá", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "בְּבַקָּשָׁה" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "na", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "נָא" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ána", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word": "אָנָּא" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hil", "lang": "Hiligaynon", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palihog" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "kŕpyā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपया" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "meharbānī karke", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "मेहरबानी करके" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hi", "english": "urban", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "plīz", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "word": "प्लीज़" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "kérem" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "legyen szíves" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "kérlek" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "légy szíves" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "note": "no single translation exists in Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "plís" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gerðu svo vel" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "takk" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "með leyfi" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "gerðu það" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "voluntez" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pliz" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "me pregas" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "minta tolong" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tolong" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kumohon" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "oo hyvä" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "olkaa hyvät" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si il vos place" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si il te place" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "le do thoil" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "más é do thoil é" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "per favore" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "per piacere" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "after a verb (-te)", "roman": "...kudasái", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "...ください" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dōzo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "どうぞ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "alt": "おねがいします", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "o-negai shimasu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "お願いします" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "xal", "lang": "Kalmyk", "roman": "buyn boltxa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "буйн болтха" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "täñır jarylqasyn", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "тәңір жарылқасын" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "marxabat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мархабат" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "soum", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "សូម" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "km", "english": "invitation", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "អញ្ជើញ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jebal", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "제발" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "alt": "~ juseyo", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "~ 주세요" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ckb", "lang": "Central Kurdish", "roman": "bê zeḧmet", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "بێ زەحمەت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bêzehmet" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ji kerema xwe" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "sizden ötünöm", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "сизден өтүнөм" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "suraym", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "сурайм" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ka lu nā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ກະລຸນາ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ka ru nā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ກະຣຸນາ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "suāi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ຊ່ວຍ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "sǭi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ຊ່ອຍ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "pōn da", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ໂປຣດ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "quaesō" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sīs" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sōdēs" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "amābō te" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "amabo" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si me amas" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lūdzu" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lij", "lang": "Ligurian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pe piâxéi" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prašau" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "soay¹", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ᦌᦾᧈ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "wann ech gelift" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mzs", "lang": "Macanese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fazê favôr" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mzs", "lang": "Macanese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fazê favô" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "mólam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мо́лам" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sila" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tolong" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "my sailt" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mhn", "lang": "Mòcheno", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pitte" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "note": "(suffixes complying with vowel harmony) -аарай (-aaraj)", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ] }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "-ooroj", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "-оорой" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "-eerej", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "-ээрэй" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nv", "lang": "Navajo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tʼáá shǫǫdí" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "kr̥pā garera", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपा गरेर" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "kr̥payā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपया" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-singular" ], "word": "tafadhwali" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "zdj", "english": "to several persons", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "namtafadhwali" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pcm", "lang": "Nigerian Pidgin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "abeg" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "s'î' t'pliaît" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "se", "lang": "Northern Sami", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "leagẹ buorrẹ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vær så snill" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vennligst" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ver så snill" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se vos plai" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "note": "informal \"you\"", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se te plai" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "tabwafsi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "табуафси" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pau", "lang": "Palauan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "adang" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "mehrabāní", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مهرباني" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "lotfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفا" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مهرباني وکړئ" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "lotfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفاً" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "xâheš mi-konam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "خواهش میکنم" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "bi-zahmat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "بیزحمت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "mehrbâni", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Dari" ], "word": "مهربانی" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "marhamat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مرحمت" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "proszę" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "poprosiłbym" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "faça favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "familiar", "formal", "plural", "singular" ], "word": "vă rog" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "familiar", "singular" ], "word": "te rog" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "note": "+ imperative", "roman": "požálujsta", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "пожа́луйста" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prošú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "прошу́" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹte dobrý", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "бу́дьте добры́" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹ dobr", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-masculine", "informal" ], "word": "бу́дь добр" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹ dobrá", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-feminine", "informal" ], "word": "бу́дь добра́" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pliz", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "плиз" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fa'amolemole" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "(s.) le do thoil" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal", "plural" ], "word": "le ur toil" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "(s.) mas e do thoil e" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal", "plural" ], "word": "mas e ur toil e" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "молим" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "molim" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosím" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosim" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pšosym" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "favor de" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "porfa" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tafadhali" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tack" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "snälla" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "var så god" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vänligen" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pakiusap" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "lutfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "лутфан" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "marhamat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "марҳамат" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "tayavu ceytu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "தயவு செய்து" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "chûai", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ช่วย" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "gà-rú-naa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "กรุณา" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "bpròot", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "โปรด" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tpi", "lang": "Tok Pisin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "plis" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lütfen" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "zahmet olmazsa" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "iltimas" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "haýyş" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "kör", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "көр" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "budʹ láska", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "будь ла́ска" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prošú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "прошу́" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "lutfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفاً" }, { "_dis1": "90 6 5", "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "barāey mehrbānī", "sense": "interjection to make a 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Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties ; and his expectations had waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. 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or satisfy", "word": "placer" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sásaigh" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "accontentare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "piacere" }, { "alt": "よろこばす", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "yorokobasu", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "喜ばす" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "gippeuge hada", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "기쁘게 하다" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "iuvāre" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placēre" }, { "code": "nds-de", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "German-Low-German" ], "word": "behagen" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "zadovóluva", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "задово́лува" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "dópaǵa", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "до́паѓа" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "bendísuva", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "бенди́сува" }, { "code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "yolceuiz" }, { "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "rijhāunu", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "रिझाउनु" }, { "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "uridhisha" }, { "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "pliaithe" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "behage" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "være til lags" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tiltale" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "līcian" }, { "code": "non", "lang": "Old Norse", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gleðja" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "sprawiać przyjemność" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "sprawić przyjemność" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "zadowalać" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zadowolić" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "dogadzać" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "dogodzić" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "cieszyć" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "ucieszyć" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "mulțumi" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "satisface" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "încânta" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "note": "literally to be pleasing, but used to say \"to like\"", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plăcea" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rádovatʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "ра́довать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ugoždátʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "угожда́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "appeal, be liked", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nrávitʹsja", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "нра́виться" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "dostavljátʹ udovólʹstvije", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "доставля́ть удово́льствие" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "satisfy", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "udovletvorjátʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "удовлетворя́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "téšitʹ", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "те́шить" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "prīṇāti", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "प्रीणाति" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "còrd ri" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sàsaich" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "riaraich" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "zadovoljiti" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ugoditi" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "zadovoljiti" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "spódobaś se" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zespódobaś se" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "gustar" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "agradar" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "placer" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "complacer" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "dar gusto" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "behaga" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "glädja" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tillfredsställa" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ställa till freds" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "ställa till frids" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "tilltala" }, { "code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plāk-" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "sevindirmek" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "hodýty", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "годи́ти" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "dohodžáty", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "догоджа́ти" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plaire" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "plesio" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to make happy or satisfy", "word": "bodloni" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "haluta" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "mieliä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "lystätä" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "szeretne" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "akar" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "kíván" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "kedve tartja" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "barada", "sense": "to desire; to will; to be pleased by", "word": "바라다" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Modern English", "please" ], "word": "please" } { "categories": [ "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts", "English adverbs", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English semantic loans from German", "English terms calqued from French", "English terms derived from French", "English terms derived from German", "English terms with homophones", "English uncomparable adverbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/iːz", "Rhymes:English/iːz/1 syllable", "Terms with Adangme translations", 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"Terms with Ukrainian translations", "Terms with Urdu translations", "Terms with Uyghur translations", "Terms with Uzbek translations", "Terms with Vietnamese translations", "Terms with Volapük translations", "Terms with Walloon translations", "Terms with Welsh translations", "Terms with West Flemish translations", "Terms with West Frisian translations", "Terms with Yiddish translations" ], "derived": [ { "word": "bitch, please" }, { "word": "OK please" }, { "word": "pl0x" }, { "word": "please excuse my dear Aunt Sally" }, { "word": "please explain" }, { "word": "please find attached" }, { "word": "please God" }, { "word": "please help me" }, { "word": "please pass the salt" }, { "word": "please repeat after me" }, { "word": "please say that again" }, { "word": "please sit down" }, { "word": "please speak more slowly" }, { "word": "please turn left" }, { "word": "please turn right" }, { "word": "plox" }, { "word": "pls" }, { "word": "plz" }, { "word": "pretty please" }, { "word": "time gentlemen please" }, { "word": "will the real someone please stand up" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "bn", "2": "প্লিজ", "3": "প্লীজ", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Bengali: প্লিজ (plij), প্লীজ (plij)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Bengali: প্লিজ (plij), প্লীজ (plij)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fi", "2": "pliis", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Finnish: pliis", "name": "desc" }, { "args": { "1": "colloquial" }, "expansion": "(colloquial)", "name": "i" } ], "text": "→ Finnish: pliis (colloquial)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "hi", "2": "प्लीज़", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Hindi: प्लीज़ (plīz)", "name": "desc" }, { "args": { "1": "urban, colloquial" }, "expansion": "(urban, colloquial)", "name": "i" } ], "text": "→ Hindi: प्लीज़ (plīz) (urban, colloquial)" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fr", "3": "s'il vous plaît", "nocap": "1" }, "expansion": "calque of French s’il vous plaît", "name": "calque" } ], "etymology_text": "Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you which is a calque of French s’il vous plaît, which replaced pray.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "please (not comparable)", "name": "en-adv" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Please, pass the bread.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Would you please sign this form?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Could you tell me the time, please?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "May I take your order, please?", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1983 July 10, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County, spoken by Yuri Andropov:", "text": "(Michael): Yuri Andropov! What are you doing in my closet of anxieties again?\n(Yuri): Uh, oh. This is not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.?\n(Michael): Does it look like it? You're in the wrong nightmare again!!\n(Yuri): ★@#*!?! Soviet maps ... worth nothing! Give, please, directions to White House.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Used to make a polite request." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "—May I help you? —(Yes,) please.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Used as an affirmative to an offer." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "So it's safe to let a 10-year-old use a gun? Please.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "An expression of annoyance, impatience or exasperation." ], "links": [ [ "annoyance", "annoyance#English" ], [ "impatience", "impatience#English" ], [ "exasperation", "exasperation#English" ] ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/pliːz/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "enpr": "plēz", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/pliz/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-uk-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg/En-uk-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg" }, { "audio": "en-us-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-us-please.ogg/En-us-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-us-please.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːz" }, { "homophone": "pleas" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "for the exaggerated way it is often pronounced as the expression of annoyance", "word": "puh-lease" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ada", "lang": "Adangme", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "i kpa mo pɛ" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "asseblief" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kanalla" }, { "code": "ain", "lang": "Ainu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "yan" }, { "code": "ain", "lang": "Ainu", "roman": "wa enkore", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ワ エンコレ" }, { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "të lutem" }, { "code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ju lutem" }, { "code": "ale", "lang": "Aleut", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "puzaalusti" }, { "code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "min faḍlik", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مِن فَضْلِك" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "rajāʔan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "رَجَاءً" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "luṭfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لُطْفًا" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔarjūk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "أَرْجُوك" }, { "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "addressee-masculine" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "code": "acw", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥtī", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Hijazi-Arabic", "addressee-feminine" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْتِي" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʕāfāk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "عافاك" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh ytūb ʕlīk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يتوب عليك" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh yarḥam yimmāk, ellāh yirḥam yimmāk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يرحم يماك" }, { "code": "ary", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ellāh yḵallīlak em-mīma", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Moroccan-Arabic" ], "word": "الله يخليلك الميمة" }, { "code": "ajp", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "law samaḥt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "South-Levantine-Arabic" ], "word": "لَو سَمَحْت" }, { "code": "syc", "lang": "Aramaic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Classical-Syriac" ], "word": "ܒܒܥܘ" }, { "code": "syc", "lang": "Aramaic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Classical-Syriac" ], "word": "ܢܝ" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xndrem", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "խնդրեմ" }, { "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "code": "av", "lang": "Avar", "roman": "dala kkˡʼerijin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "дала кьерийин" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lütfən" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "zəhmət olmasa" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mesedez" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "faborez" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "faborez" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "otoi" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "arren" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "kalí láska", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "калі́ ла́ска" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "prašú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "прашу́" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "plij", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "প্লিজ" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "plij", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "প্লীজ" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "doẏa kore", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "দয়া করে" }, { "code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mar plij" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "mólja", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мо́ля" }, { "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "pa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "particle" ], "word": "ပါ" }, { "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "kye:ju:pru.rwe", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ကျေးဇူးပြု၍" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si us plau" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "per favor" }, { "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palihog" }, { "code": "ce", "lang": "Chechen", "roman": "devzina xaza xeta", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "девзина хаза хета" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "請" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "note": "in formal writing", "roman": "cing²", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "请" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "唔該" }, { "code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "m⁴ goi¹", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "topics": [ "language", "linguistics", "human-sciences", "sciences" ], "word": "唔该" }, { "code": "dng", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "čin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Dungan" ], "word": "чин" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "請" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "always in front a verb", "roman": "qǐng", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "请" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "拜託" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bàituō", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "拜托" }, { "code": "cop", "lang": "Coptic", "roman": "arih̀mot", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ⲁⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ" }, { "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "mar pleg" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosím" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vær så venlig" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tak" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gerne" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "polite" ], "word": "alstublieft" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gelieve" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "alsjeblieft" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "a.u.b." }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "a.j.b." }, { "code": "vls", "lang": "Flemish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal", "polite" ], "word": "alstublieft" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bonvolu" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palun" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "note": "said by more than one person", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palume" }, { "code": "fj", "lang": "Fijian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "yalo vinaka" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "no single translation exists in Finnish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "formal; V-form", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "olkaa hyvä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "formal; T-form", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ole hyvä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "after the request", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kiitos" }, { "code": "fi", "english": "pleading or childish", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ole kiltti" }, { "code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se vos plét" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "s’il vous plaît" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "s’il te plaît" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "S.V.P." }, { "code": "fr", "english": "impersonal or official", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "prière de" }, { "code": "fr", "english": "impersonal or official", "lang": "French", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "veuillez" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "code": "grt", "lang": "Garo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ka·sapae" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "tu šeiʒleba", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "თუ შეიძლება" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gtxovt", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "გთხოვთ" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bitte" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "parakaló", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "παρακαλώ" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "aitô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "αἰτῶ" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "déomai", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "δέομαι" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "erōtô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ἐρωτῶ" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "parakalô", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "παρακαλῶ" }, { "code": "haw", "lang": "Hawaiian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "e ʻoluʻolu" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "b'vakashá", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "בְּבַקָּשָׁה" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "na", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "נָא" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ána", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word": "אָנָּא" }, { "code": "hil", "lang": "Hiligaynon", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "palihog" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "kŕpyā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपया" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "meharbānī karke", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "मेहरबानी करके" }, { "code": "hi", "english": "urban", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "plīz", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "word": "प्लीज़" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "kérem" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "legyen szíves" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "kérlek" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "légy szíves" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "note": "no single translation exists in Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "plís" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "gerðu svo vel" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "takk" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "með leyfi" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "gerðu það" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "voluntez" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pliz" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "me pregas" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "minta tolong" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tolong" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "kumohon" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "oo hyvä" }, { "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "olkaa hyvät" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si il vos place" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si il te place" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "le do thoil" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "más é do thoil é" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "per favore" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "per piacere" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "after a verb (-te)", "roman": "...kudasái", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "...ください" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dōzo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "どうぞ" }, { "alt": "おねがいします", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "o-negai shimasu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "お願いします" }, { "code": "xal", "lang": "Kalmyk", "roman": "buyn boltxa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "буйн болтха" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "täñır jarylqasyn", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "тәңір жарылқасын" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "marxabat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мархабат" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "soum", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "សូម" }, { "code": "km", "english": "invitation", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "អញ្ជើញ" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jebal", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "제발" }, { "alt": "~ juseyo", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "~ 주세요" }, { "code": "ckb", "lang": "Central Kurdish", "roman": "bê zeḧmet", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "بێ زەحمەت" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "bêzehmet" }, { "code": "kmr", "lang": "Northern Kurdish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ji kerema xwe" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "sizden ötünöm", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "сизден өтүнөм" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "suraym", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "сурайм" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ka lu nā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ກະລຸນາ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ka ru nā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ກະຣຸນາ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "suāi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ຊ່ວຍ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "sǭi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ຊ່ອຍ" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "pōn da", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ໂປຣດ" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "quaesō" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sīs" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sōdēs" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "amābō te" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "amabo" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "si me amas" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lūdzu" }, { "code": "lij", "lang": "Ligurian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pe piâxéi" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prašau" }, { "code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "soay¹", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ᦌᦾᧈ" }, { "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "wann ech gelift" }, { "code": "mzs", "lang": "Macanese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fazê favôr" }, { "code": "mzs", "lang": "Macanese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fazê favô" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "mólam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "мо́лам" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "sila" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tolong" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "my sailt" }, { "code": "mhn", "lang": "Mòcheno", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pitte" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "note": "(suffixes complying with vowel harmony) -аарай (-aaraj)", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ] }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "-ooroj", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "-оорой" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "-eerej", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "-ээрэй" }, { "code": "nv", "lang": "Navajo", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tʼáá shǫǫdí" }, { "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "kr̥pā garera", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपा गरेर" }, { "code": "ne", "lang": "Nepali", "roman": "kr̥payā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "कृपया" }, { "code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-singular" ], "word": "tafadhwali" }, { "code": "zdj", "english": "to several persons", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "namtafadhwali" }, { "code": "pcm", "lang": "Nigerian Pidgin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "abeg" }, { "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "s'î' t'pliaît" }, { "code": "se", "lang": "Northern Sami", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "leagẹ buorrẹ" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vær så snill" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vennligst" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ver så snill" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se vos plai" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "note": "informal \"you\"", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "se te plai" }, { "code": "os", "lang": "Ossetian", "roman": "tabwafsi", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "табуафси" }, { "code": "pau", "lang": "Palauan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "adang" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "mehrabāní", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مهرباني" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "lotfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفا" }, { "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مهرباني وکړئ" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "lotfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفاً" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "xâheš mi-konam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "خواهش میکنم" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "bi-zahmat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "بیزحمت" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "mehrbâni", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Dari" ], "word": "مهربانی" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "marhamat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مرحمت" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "proszę" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "poprosiłbym" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "faça favor" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "familiar", "formal", "plural", "singular" ], "word": "vă rog" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "familiar", "singular" ], "word": "te rog" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "note": "+ imperative", "roman": "požálujsta", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "пожа́луйста" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prošú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "with-infinitive" ], "word": "прошу́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹte dobrý", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "бу́дьте добры́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹ dobr", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-masculine", "informal" ], "word": "бу́дь добр" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búdʹ dobrá", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "addressee-feminine", "informal" ], "word": "бу́дь добра́" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pliz", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "плиз" }, { "code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "fa'amolemole" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "(s.) le do thoil" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal", "plural" ], "word": "le ur toil" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "(s.) mas e do thoil e" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal", "plural" ], "word": "mas e ur toil e" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "молим" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "Roman" ], "word": "molim" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosím" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "prosim" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pšosym" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "por favor" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "favor de" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "informal" ], "word": "porfa" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tafadhali" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "tack" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "snälla" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "var så god" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vänligen" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "pakiusap" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "lutfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "лутфан" }, { "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "marhamat", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "марҳамат" }, { "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "tayavu ceytu", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "தயவு செய்து" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "chûai", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ช่วย" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "gà-rú-naa", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "กรุณา" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "bpròot", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "โปรด" }, { "code": "tpi", "lang": "Tok Pisin", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "plis" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "lütfen" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "zahmet olmazsa" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "iltimas" }, { "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "haýyş" }, { "code": "tyv", "lang": "Tuvan", "roman": "kör", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "көр" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "budʹ láska", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "будь ла́ска" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prošú", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "прошу́" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "lutfan", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "لطفاً" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "barāey mehrbānī", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "برائے مہربانی" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "barāh-e-mehrbānī", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "براہ مہربانی" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "barāh-e-karam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "براہ کرم" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "az-rāh-e-karam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "از راہ کرم" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "az-rāh-e-talattuf", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "از راہ تلطف" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "azrāh-e-lutf-o-karam", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ازراہ لطف و کرم" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "azrāh-e-mehrbānī", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ازراہ مہربانی" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "azrāh-e-nawāzish", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ازراہ نوازش" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "mehrbānī kar ke", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مہربانی کر کے" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "mehrbānī farmā kar", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مہربانی فرما کر" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "mehrbānī farmāiye", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مہربانی فرمائیے" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "mehrbānī kījīye", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مہربانی کیجیے" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "zarā", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ذرا" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "zara", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ذرہ" }, { "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "merhemet", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "مەرھەمەت" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "marhamat" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "iltimos" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "roman": "iltimos", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "илтимос" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "xin" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "vui lòng" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "begö" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "s' i vs plait" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "os gwelwch yn dda" }, { "code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "asjebleaft" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "bite", "sense": "interjection to make a polite request", "word": "ביטע" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "asseblief" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "kanalla" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "molja", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "моля" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "kiitos" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "kyllä kiitos" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "mieluusti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "oikein mielellään" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "bitte" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "gerne" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "hogyne" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "köszönettel veszem" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "köszönettel venném" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "roman": "azt", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "(nagyon/igazán) megköszönném" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "affirmative to an offer", "word": "prego" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "asseblief" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "asseblief tog" }, { "code": "vls", "lang": "Flemish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "allez" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "in questions, colloquiai; after the verb and the subject", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "nyt" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "pliis" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "allez" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "pitié" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "bitte" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "per piacere" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ti se mólam", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "tags": [ "familiar" ], "word": "ти се мо́лам" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "vi se mólam", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "tags": [ "polite" ], "word": "ви се мо́лам" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "vær så snill" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "błagam" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "błagam cię" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "proszę cię" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "por favor" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "faça-me o favor" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "snälla" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "thôi mà" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "expression of annoyance or impatience", "word": "trời ơi" } ], "wikipedia": [ "please" ], "word": "please" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English semantic loans from German", "English terms derived from German", "English terms with homophones", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/iːz", "Rhymes:English/iːz/1 syllable" ], "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "de", "3": "bitte", "4": "", "5": "please; excuse me" }, "expansion": "Semantic loan from German bitte (“please; excuse me”)", "name": "semantic loan" } ], "etymology_text": "Semantic loan from German bitte (“please; excuse me”).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "interjection" }, "expansion": "please", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Cincinnati English", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "August 1973, “Bitte or Bitter?”, in Cincinnati, page 109:", "text": "Fellow: May I have a few days off to get married?\nReply, in the Cincinnati idiom by a boss who had heard the sound but not the sense:\nBoss: Please?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "September 1978, Virginia Watson-Rouslin, “A Foreign View”, in Cincinnati, page 110:", "text": "Even though I heard it was supposed to be German-Catholic background, there’s only one thing German — they say ‘please’ [for the more common ‘pardon me’], which comes from bitte.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "September 1979, “Winners: Contest No. 13—The Laugh’s On Us”, in Cincinnati, volume 12, number 12, page 15:", "text": "[…] He explained in broken English that one of his daughters was ill and he probably could not be there. I did not understand all that he said, so asked, ‘Please?’ per Cincinnati custom. ‘There is no need to plead. I will be there if she is feeling better,’ he replied.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "5 May 1998, Jose I. Sarasua, “Come to Cincinnati... Please?”, in Cost Engineering, volume 40, number 5, page 9:", "text": "Cincinnati are some of the most polite persons I have ever met in the US. When asking someone a question, instead of saying “Excuse me,” or “Pardon,” they say “Please?”", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "April 2001, Jeff Robinson, “Say what?”, in Ohio Magazine, archived from the original on 2019-04-02, page 77:", "text": "By the same token, one contestant who doesn’t hear a particular question could say “Pardon me?” while another could say “Please?” Again, neither would be lying if he said he was from Ohio.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2008, Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, →ISBN, page 255:", "text": "In Maine, where as much as a quarter of the population has French ancestry, you may hear a stray hair called a couette, and in parts of Ohio please is used in the same way as the German bitte, to invite a person to repeat something just said — apparently a remnant of the bilingual schooling once available in Cincinnati.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2011, Ellen McIntyre, Nancy Hulan, Vicky Layne, Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms: Research-Based, Culturally Responsive Practice, Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 72:", "text": "Ellen grew up outside of Cincinnati and believed her own talk was the “norm,” while others were speakers of dialects. She was in graduate school before she learned that not all people say, Please? to mean Can you repeat that?", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Said as a request to repeat information." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information." ], "tags": [ "Cincinnati" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/pliːz/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "enpr": "plēz", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/pliz/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-uk-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg/En-uk-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-uk-please.ogg" }, { "audio": "en-us-please.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-us-please.ogg/En-us-please.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-us-please.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːz" }, { "homophone": "pleas" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "request to repeat", "word": "what" }, { "word": "excuse me" }, { "word": "pardon me" }, { "word": "come again" }, { "word": "say again" } ], "wikipedia": [ "please" ], "word": "please" }
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