plaisance
See also: Plaisance
English
Noun
plaisance (plural plaisances)
- Obsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”).
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, pages 38–39:
- He wandered thoughtfully in the plaisance adjoining the house, planning, as we all plan, circumstances which never arrive; and framing speeches which, when the time comes, we never make.
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See also
Midway Plaisance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Asclepian, Pascaline, Plasencia, apsacline, caesalpin, snail pace, spalacine
French
Etymology
From Middle French plaisance, Old French plaisance, by surface analysis, plaisant + -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛ.zɑ̃s/, /ple.zɑ̃s/
Audio (CAN) (file) - Hyphenation: plai‧sance
- Homophone: Plaisance
Noun
plaisance f (plural plaisances)
- (archaic) pleasure
- Synonym: plaisir
Derived terms
- bateau de plaisance
- port de plaisance
- plaisancier
Further reading
- “plaisance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Old French plaisance
Noun
plaisance f (plural plaisances)
- pleasure
- want; desire
Old French
Etymology
From the stem plais- of the verb plaisir + -ance.
Noun
plaisance f (oblique plural plaisances, nominative singular plaisance, nominative plural plaisances)
- (chiefly in the singular) pleasure