"pleasure" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈplɛʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈplɛʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-pleasure.ogg [US]
enPR: plĕzhʹər Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-}} [Template:root], {{m|en|pleasur}} pleasur, {{m|en|plesur}} plesur, {{af|en|-ure|nocat=1}} -ure, {{inh|en|enm|plaisir||pleasure}} Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), {{der|en|fro|plesir}} Old French plesir, {{m|fro|plaisir||to please}} plaisir (“to please”), {{m|fro|plaisir}} plaisir, {{m|fro|plaire}} plaire, {{der|en|la|placeō|t=to please, to seem good}} Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-k-||wide and flat}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”), {{cog|nl|plezier||pleasure, fun}} Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”), {{m|en|please}} please Head templates: {{en-interj}} pleasure
  1. pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-intj-qCmI7BG3 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 36 11 1 0 7 1 1 0 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 28 4 1 14 2 3 1 32

Noun

IPA: /ˈplɛʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈplɛʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-pleasure.ogg [US] Forms: pleasures [plural]
enPR: plĕzhʹər Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-}} [Template:root], {{m|en|pleasur}} pleasur, {{m|en|plesur}} plesur, {{af|en|-ure|nocat=1}} -ure, {{inh|en|enm|plaisir||pleasure}} Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), {{der|en|fro|plesir}} Old French plesir, {{m|fro|plaisir||to please}} plaisir (“to please”), {{m|fro|plaisir}} plaisir, {{m|fro|plaire}} plaire, {{der|en|la|placeō|t=to please, to seem good}} Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-k-||wide and flat}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”), {{cog|nl|plezier||pleasure, fun}} Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”), {{m|en|please}} please Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pleasure (countable and uncountable, plural pleasures)
  1. (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction Translations (a state of being pleased): kënaqësi [feminine] (Albanian), OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface (American Sign Language), ἦδος (êdos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مُتْعَة (mutʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), لَذَّة (laḏḏa) [feminine] (Arabic), հաճույք (hačuykʿ) (Armenian), plãtseare [feminine] (Aromanian), həzz (Azerbaijani), atsegin (Basque), задавальне́нне (zadavalʹnjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), прые́мнасць (pryjémnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), নন্দ (nondo) (Bengali), удово́лствие (udovólstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), насла́да (nasláda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), plaer [masculine] (Catalan), خۆشی (xoşî) (Central Kurdish), 歡樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 欢乐 (huānlè) (Chinese Mandarin), 樂趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐趣 (lèqù) (Chinese Mandarin), potěšení [masculine] (Czech), rozkoš [feminine] (Czech), slast [feminine] (Czech), fornøjelse [common-gender] (Danish), behag [neuter] (Danish), plezier [neuter] (Dutch), genoegen [neuter] (Dutch), welbehagen [neuter] (Dutch), plezuro (Esperanto), agrableco (Esperanto), lõbu (Estonian), mielihyvä (Finnish), nautinto (Finnish), ilo (Finnish), plaisir [masculine] (French), pracer [masculine] (Galician), სიამოვნება (siamovneba) (Georgian), Vergnügen [neuter] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃 (gabaurjōþus) [masculine] (Gothic), ευχαρίστηση (efcharístisi) [feminine] (Greek), απόλαυση (apólafsi) [feminine] (Greek), plezi (Haitian Creole), עונג \ עֹגֶג ('óneg) [masculine] (Hebrew), आनन्द (ānand) [masculine] (Hindi), öröm (Hungarian), élvezet (Hungarian), gyönyörűség (Hungarian), gyönyör (Hungarian), kéj (english: the latter two often imply sexual pleasure) (Hungarian), kesenangan (Indonesian), placer (Interlingua), pléisiúr [masculine] (Irish), piacere [masculine] (Italian), piacimento [masculine] (Italian), goduria [feminine] (Italian), 喜び (yorokobi) (alt: よろこび) (Japanese), 快感 (kaikan) (alt: かいかん) (Japanese), 쾌락 (kwaerak) (Korean), 환락 (hwallak) (Korean), 기쁨 (gippeum) (Korean), 즐거움 (jeulgeoum) (Korean), prīca (Latgalian), iucunditas [feminine] (Latin), delectatio [feminine] (Latin), oblectatio [feminine] (Latin), delectamentum [neuter] (Latin), gaudium [neuter] (Latin), dulcedo [feminine] (Latin), prieks [masculine] (Latvian), piâxéi [masculine] (Ligurian), malonumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), piasé [masculine] (Lombard), Plëséier [masculine] (Luxembourgish), задоволство (zadovolstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), rēhia (Maori), jos (Mauritian Creole), баяр жаргал (bajar žargal) (Mongolian), fornøyelse [masculine] (Norwegian), plaser [masculine] (Occitan), lust [masculine] (Old English), کیف (keyf) (Persian), لذت (lezzat) (Persian), przyjemność [feminine] (Polish), prazer [masculine] (Portuguese), plăcere [feminine] (Romanian), plaschair (Romansch), удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) [neuter] (Russian), आनन्द (ānanda) (Sanskrit), tlachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gàirdeachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), задово̀љство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ужи́так [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zadovòljstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), užítak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plezir (Seychellois Creole), potešenie [neuter] (Slovak), užitek [masculine] (Slovene), placer [masculine] (Spanish), anasa [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), nöje [neuter] (Swedish), behag [neuter] (Swedish), kaaliwan (Tagalog), kalugdan (Tagalog), ความปิติยินดี (Thai), wīna (Tocharian B), yāso (Tocharian B), zevk (Turkish), memnuniyet (Turkish), задово́лення (zadovólennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), آنند (ānand) [masculine] (Urdu), niềm vui thích (Vietnamese), bodd [masculine] (Welsh), boddhâd [masculine] (Welsh), hyfrydwch [masculine] (Welsh), mwynhâd [masculine] (Welsh), mwyniant [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), pleser [masculine] (Welsh), הנאה (hanoe) [feminine] (Yiddish), חיות (khayes) [feminine] (Yiddish), עונג (oyneg) [masculine] (Yiddish), תּענוג (tayneg) [masculine] (Yiddish), פֿאַרגעניגן (fargenign) [neuter] (Yiddish), וווילטאָג (voyltog) [masculine] (Yiddish), נחת (nakhes) [masculine, neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-noun-guFObsdW Disambiguation of Emotions: 9 34 19 12 15 6 0 0 5 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 36 11 1 0 7 1 1 0 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 7 1 27 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 28 4 1 14 2 3 1 32 Disambiguation of 'a state of being pleased': 82 6 3 5 3
  2. (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment. Tags: countable Synonyms: delight, joy Translations (person or thing that causes enjoyment): հաճույք (hačuykʿ) (Armenian), ləzzət (Azerbaijani), kef (Azerbaijani), hüsn [poetic] (Azerbaijani), həzz (Azerbaijani), nəşə (Azerbaijani), səfa (Azerbaijani), zövq (Azerbaijani), plaer [masculine] (Catalan), agrablaĵo (Esperanto), ilo (Finnish), plaisir [masculine] (French), Freude [feminine] (German), Spaß [masculine] (German), öröm (Hungarian), élmény (Hungarian), kedvtelés (note: for an activity) (Hungarian), szórakozás (Hungarian), piacere [masculine] (Italian), piâxéi [masculine] (Ligurian), Plëséier [masculine] (Luxembourgish), prazer [masculine] (Portuguese), удово́льствие (udovólʹstvije) [neuter] (Russian), наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) [neuter] (Russian), удовлетворе́ние (udovletvorénije) [neuter] (Russian), ра́дость (rádostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), плотские радости (plotskije radosti) (Russian), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), tlachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), задово̀љство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ужи́так [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zadovòljstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), užítak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), placer [masculine] (Spanish), утіха (utixa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), втіха (vtixa) (Ukrainian), розра́да (rozráda) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-noun-cn4s0euH Disambiguation of 'person or thing that causes enjoyment': 17 59 18 4 2
  3. (uncountable) Sexual enjoyment. Tags: uncountable Translations (sexual enjoyment): həzz (Azerbaijani), ləzzət [colloquial] (Azerbaijani), vellyst (Danish), wellust [masculine] (Dutch), volupté [feminine] (French), Wollust [feminine] (German), kéj (Hungarian), sámhas [masculine] (Irish), voluttà [feminine] (Italian), voluptas [feminine] (Latin), vellyst [feminine] (Norwegian), voluptuosidade [feminine] (Portuguese), наслажде́ние (naslaždénije) [neuter] (Russian), voluptuosidad [feminine] (Spanish), vällust [common-gender] (Swedish), ykāssäññe (Tocharian B), yśelme (Tocharian B), şehvet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-noun-Th5Hg1YL Disambiguation of 'sexual enjoyment': 15 15 65 3 1
  4. (uncountable) One's preference. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish Translations (one's preference): këndë [feminine] (Albanian), désir [masculine] (French), kívánság (Hungarian), kedv (Hungarian), preferenza [feminine] (Italian), scelta [feminine] (Italian), скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), располо́женность (raspolóžennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), жела́ние (želánije) [neuter] (Russian), во́ля (vólja) [feminine] (Russian), preferèncija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-noun-JC-GhDnS Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 28 4 1 14 2 3 1 32 Disambiguation of "one's preference": 3 2 0 93 1
  5. (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power. Tags: formal, uncountable Synonyms: discretion Translations (the will or desire of someone or some agency in power): belátás (Hungarian), megítélés (Hungarian), tetszés (Hungarian), óhaj (Hungarian), kívánság (Hungarian), piacimento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-noun-SVpe1UbC Disambiguation of 'the will or desire of someone or some agency in power': 3 3 1 20 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, lust [archaic], nirvana, pleasure, rapture Hyponyms: bed of roses, beer and skittles, bowl of cherries, cakes and ale, land of milk and honey, peaches and cream, rainbows and unicorns, sunshine and lollipops, sunshine and rainbows Related terms: aroused, blissful, happy, pleasant
Derived forms: antipleasure, at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure, at one's pleasure, at pleasure, business before pleasure, do someone a pleasure, do someone the pleasure of, during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure, during one's pleasure, during pleasure, end-pleasure, English pleasure, fore-pleasure, gold of pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure, guilty pleasure, have the pleasure, it's a pleasure, lady of pleasure, live at Her Majesty's pleasure, man of pleasure, mix business with pleasure, my pleasure, oral pleasure, pleasurable, pleasurance, pleasure barge, pleasure boat, pleasure-carriage, pleasure center, pleasure centre, pleasure craft, pleasure cruise, pleasure curve, pleasured, pleasure dome, pleasuredrome, pleasureful, pleasure garden, pleasure-giving, pleasure ground, pleasurehood, pleasure house, pleasureless, pleasure-loving, pleasurement, pleasure moment, pleasuremonger, pleasure of someone's company, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure principle, pleasurer, pleasure-seeker, pleasure seeker, pleasure-seeking, pleasures of the flesh, pleasures of the table, pleasure steamer, pleasure trip, pleasure-unpleasure principle, pleasuring, pleasurist, pleasurous, self-pleasure, sexual pleasure, take pleasure, the pleasure is all mine, the pleasure's all mine, the pleasure is mine, the pleasure's mine, to one's pleasure, to pleasure, to what do I owe the pleasure, unpleasure, western pleasure, what's your pleasure, with pleasure, woman of pleasure

Verb

IPA: /ˈplɛʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈplɛʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-pleasure.ogg [US] Forms: pleasures [present, singular, third-person], pleasuring [participle, present], pleasured [participle, past], pleasured [past]
enPR: plĕzhʹər Rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ) Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-}} [Template:root], {{m|en|pleasur}} pleasur, {{m|en|plesur}} plesur, {{af|en|-ure|nocat=1}} -ure, {{inh|en|enm|plaisir||pleasure}} Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), {{der|en|fro|plesir}} Old French plesir, {{m|fro|plaisir||to please}} plaisir (“to please”), {{m|fro|plaisir}} plaisir, {{m|fro|plaire}} plaire, {{der|en|la|placeō|t=to please, to seem good}} Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₂-k-||wide and flat}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”), {{cog|nl|plezier||pleasure, fun}} Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”), {{m|en|please}} please Head templates: {{en-verb}} pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)
  1. (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: please, gratify
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-verb-Yk5Z0n~P
  2. (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-verb-2vkXJCwL
  3. (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pleasure-en-verb-5je3iAwM Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 36 11 1 0 7 1 1 0 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 28 4 1 14 2 3 1 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pleasure oneself Related terms: displeasure, please, pleasant Translations (to give pleasure to): agradar (Catalan), plezuri (Esperanto), agradar (Portuguese), gustar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to give pleasure to': 53 47 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport",
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          "ref": "2019, Toro y Moi (lyrics and music), “Ordinary Pleasure”, in Outer Peace",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "لَذَّة"
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          "roman": "hačuykʿ",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "հաճույք"
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          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "həzz"
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          "word": "atsegin"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "নন্দ"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "word": "plaer"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "lõbu"
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          "word": "nautinto"
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          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "ilo"
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          "word": "plaisir"
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          "word": "pracer"
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          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "siamovneba",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "სიამოვნება"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "word": "Vergnügen"
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          "lang": "Gothic",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃"
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          "roman": "efcharístisi",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "roman": "apólafsi",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "roman": "êdos",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "word": "ἦδος"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'óneg",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "עונג \\ עֹגֶג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ānand",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "आनन्द"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "öröm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "élvezet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "gyönyörűség"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "english": "the latter two often imply sexual pleasure",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "kéj"
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          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "kesenangan"
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          "code": "ia",
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "placer"
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          "word": "pléisiúr"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "roman": "kwaerak",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "쾌락"
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          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
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          "word": "기쁨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeulgeoum",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "즐거움"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xoşî",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "خۆشی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "prīca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iucunditas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delectatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oblectatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "delectamentum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gaudium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dulcedo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prieks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piâxéi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "malonumas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piasé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Plëséier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zadovolstvo",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "задоволство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "rēhia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "mfe",
          "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "jos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bajar žargal",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "баяр жаргал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fornøyelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plaser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lust"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "keyf",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "کیف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lezzat",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "لذت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przyjemność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prazer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plăcere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "plaschair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удово́льствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ānanda",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "आनन्द"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tlachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gàirdeachas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "задово̀љство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ужи́так"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zadovòljstvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "užítak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "crs",
          "lang": "Seychellois Creole",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "plezir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "potešenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "užitek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "placer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "class-10",
            "class-9"
          ],
          "word": "anasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nöje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "behag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "kaaliwan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "kalugdan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "ความปิติยินดี"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "wīna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "yāso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "zevk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "memnuniyet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zadovólennja",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "задово́лення"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryjémnistʹ",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "приє́мність"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ānand",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "آنند"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "word": "niềm vui thích"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bodd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boddhâd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hyfrydwch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mwynhâd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mwyniant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pleser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "hanoe",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הנאה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "khayes",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "חיות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oyneg",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עונג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tayneg",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "תּענוג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "fargenign",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאַרגעניגן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "voyltog",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "וווילטאָג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 6 3 5 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "nakhes",
          "sense": "a state of being pleased",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "נחת"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was a pleasure to meet you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19",
          "text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment."
      ],
      "id": "en-pleasure-en-noun-cn4s0euH",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "enjoyment",
          "enjoyment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "delight"
        },
        {
          "word": "joy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hačuykʿ",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "հաճույք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "ləzzət"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "kef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "hüsn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "həzz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "nəşə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "səfa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "zövq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plaer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "agrablaĵo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "ilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plaisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Freude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spaß"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "öröm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "élmény"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "for an activity",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "kedvtelés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "word": "szórakozás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piacere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piâxéi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Plëséier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prazer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удово́льствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naslaždénije",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "наслажде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udovletvorénije",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "удовлетворе́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 18 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rádostʹ",
          "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "ref": "2019, Toro y Moi (lyrics and music), “Ordinary Pleasure”, in Outer Peace",
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      ],
      "word": "kënaqësi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutʕa",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتْعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laḏḏa",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لَذَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hačuykʿ",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "հաճույք"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plãtseare"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "həzz"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "atsegin"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zadavalʹnjénnje",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задавальне́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryjémnascʹ",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прые́мнасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nondo",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "নন্দ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udovólstvie",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удово́лствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasláda",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насла́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "歡樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huānlè",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "欢乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "樂趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèqù",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "乐趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potěšení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkoš"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slast"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fornøjelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "behag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plezier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "genoegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "welbehagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "plezuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "agrableco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "lõbu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "mielihyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "nautinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "ilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pracer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siamovneba",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "სიამოვნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vergnügen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gabaurjōþus",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "efcharístisi",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ευχαρίστηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apólafsi",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απόλαυση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "êdos",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἦδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "plezi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'óneg",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עונג \\ עֹגֶג"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ānand",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आनन्द"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "öröm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "élvezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "gyönyörűség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "gyönyör"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the latter two often imply sexual pleasure",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "kéj"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "kesenangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "placer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pléisiúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piacere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piacimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goduria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よろこび",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yorokobi",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "喜び"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaikan",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "快感"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kwaerak",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "쾌락"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwallak",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "환락"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gippeum",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "기쁨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeulgeoum",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "즐거움"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "xoşî",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "خۆشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "prīca"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iucunditas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delectatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oblectatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delectamentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gaudium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dulcedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piâxéi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malonumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piasé"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Plëséier"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zadovolstvo",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задоволство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "rēhia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mfe",
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "jos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bajar žargal",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "баяр жаргал"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fornøyelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaser"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lust"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "keyf",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "کیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lezzat",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "لذت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjemność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prazer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plăcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "plaschair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удово́льствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ānanda",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "आनन्द"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tlachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gàirdeachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задово̀љство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ужи́так"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zadovòljstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "užítak"
    },
    {
      "code": "crs",
      "lang": "Seychellois Creole",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "plezir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "potešenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "užitek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "anasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nöje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "behag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "kaaliwan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "kalugdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "ความปิติยินดี"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "wīna"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "yāso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "zevk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "memnuniyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zadovólennja",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "задово́лення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryjémnistʹ",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приє́мність"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ānand",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آنند"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "word": "niềm vui thích"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bodd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boddhâd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hyfrydwch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mwynhâd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mwyniant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pleser"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hanoe",
      "sense": "a state of being pleased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הנאה"
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "plaer"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "ilo"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "plaisir"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Freude"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Spaß"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "öröm"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "élmény"
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      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "kedvtelés"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "szórakozás"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piacere"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
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      "code": "lb",
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      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Plëséier"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prazer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udovólʹstvije",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удово́льствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naslaždénije",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наслажде́ние"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udovletvorénije",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "удовлетворе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rádostʹ",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́дость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plotskije radosti",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "word": "плотские радости"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvlečénije",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "развлече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tlachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "задово̀љство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ужи́так"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zadovòljstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "užítak"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "utixa",
      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "person or thing that causes enjoyment",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "rozráda",
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "həzz"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "word": "vellyst"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wellust"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "volupté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wollust"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sámhas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voluttà"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "voluptas"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vellyst"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voluptuosidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наслажде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "voluptuosidad"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "vällust"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "word": "ykāssäññe"
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    {
      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
      "word": "yśelme"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "sexual enjoyment",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "këndë"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "désir"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "kívánság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "word": "kedv"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scelta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklónnostʹ",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скло́нность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspolóžennostʹ",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "располо́женность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "želánije",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жела́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vólja",
      "sense": "one's preference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́ля"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "belátás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "plaisir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "plaire"
      },
      "expansion": "plaire",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "placeō",
        "t": "to please, to seem good"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pleh₂-k-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wide and flat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "plezier",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pleasure, fun"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "please"
      },
      "expansion": "please",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleasures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleasuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleasured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleasured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pleas‧ure"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "displeasure"
    },
    {
      "word": "please"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleasant"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give or afford pleasure to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give or afford pleasure to."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "please"
        },
        {
          "word": "gratify"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give sexual pleasure to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give sexual pleasure to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to go pleasuring",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplɛʒə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplɛʒɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʒə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pleasure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/En-us-pleasure.ogg/En-us-pleasure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-us-pleasure.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "plĕzhʹər"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "agradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "plezuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "agradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give pleasure to",
      "word": "gustar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pleasure"
  ],
  "word": "pleasure"
}

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