plaisir
See also: Plaisir
French
Etymology
From Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre. Compare Occitan plaser, Catalan plaer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛ.ziʁ/, /ple.ziʁ/
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Noun
plaisir m (plural plaisirs)
- pleasure
- avec bien de plaisir ― with much pleasure
- avec grand plaisir ― with great pleasure
- priver quelqu'un du plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to deprive someone of the pleasure of doing something
- avoir eu le plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to have had the pleasure of doing something
Derived terms
- avec plaisir
- faire plaisir
- partie de plaisir
- prendre plaisir
- tout le plaisir est pour moi
- varier les plaisirs
Related terms
- plaire
Further reading
- “plaisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French plaisir.
Noun
plaisir m (plural plaisirs)
- pleasure
Descendants
- French: plaisir
- → Dutch: plezier
- Afrikaans: plesier
- Berbice Creole Dutch: plesiri
- Negerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesier
- → Aukan: piisii
- → Indonesian: pelesir
- → Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier
- → Saramaccan: piizíi
- → Sranan Tongo: prisiri
- → Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri
Old French
Alternative forms
- plaire
- pleire
- plere
- pleyre
Etymology
From Latin placēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plai̯ˈzir/
Noun
plaisir m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)
- pleasure
Verb
plaisir
- to please
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plaisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | plaisir | avoir pleü | |||||
gerund | en plaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | plaisant | ||||||
past participle | pleü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | plaz, plais | plais | plaist | plaisons | plaisiez | plaisent |
imperfect | plaisoie, plaiseie | plaisoies, plaiseies | plaisoit, plaiseit | plaisiiens, plaisiens | plaisiiez, plaisiez | plaisoient, plaiseient | |
preterite | ploi | pleüs | plot | pleümes | pleüstes | plorent | |
future | plairai | plairas | plaira | plairons | plairoiz, plaireiz, plairez | plairont | |
conditional | plairoie, plaireie | plairoies, plaireies | plairoit, plaireit | plairiiens, plairiens | plairiiez, plairiez | plairoient, plaireient | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses | present | place, plaise | places, plaises | place, plaise | placiens, plaçons, plaisiens, plaisons | placiez, plaisiez | placent, plaisent |
imperfect | pleüsse | pleüsses | pleüst | pleüssons, pleüssiens | pleüssoiz, pleüssez, pleüssiez | pleüssent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | plais | — | plaisons | plaisiez | — |
Synonyms
- plaire
Descendants
- Middle French: plaisir
- French: plaisir
- → Dutch: plezier
- Afrikaans: plesier
- Berbice Creole Dutch: plesiri
- Negerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesier
- → Aukan: piisii
- → Indonesian: pelesir
- → Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier
- → Saramaccan: piizíi
- → Sranan Tongo: prisiri
- → Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri
- → German: Pläsier
- Norman: pliaithe
- → Middle English: plesen, plaisen, plesaunte, plaisir
- English: please, pleasant, pleasure
- → Irish: pléisiúr
- → Welsh: pleser
- English: please, pleasant, pleasure