plaisir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre. Compare Occitan plaser, Catalan plaer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɛ.ziʁ/ ~ /ple.ziʁ/ === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: plezi === 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, pleizier (archaic)Afrikaans: plesierBerbice Creole Dutch: plesiriNegerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesierSranan Tongo: prisiriAukan: piisiiSaramaccan: piizíi→ Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri→ Indonesian: pelesir→ Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier == Old French == === Alternative forms === plaire, pleire, plere, pleyre === Etymology === Inherited from Latin placēre. The noun is a nominalization of the verb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plai̯ˈziɾ/ === Noun === plaisir oblique singular, 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. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: plaisir French: plaisir → Dutch: plezier, pleizier (archaic)Afrikaans: plesierBerbice Creole Dutch: plesiriNegerhollands: plesir, plaisi, plesi, plesierSranan Tongo: prisiriAukan: piisiiSaramaccan: piizíi→ Caribbean Javanese: persiri, plesiri, presiri→ Indonesian: pelesir→ Papiamentu: pleizí, plezier, pleizier → German: Pläsier Champenois: piagi Norman: pliaithe → Middle English: plesen, plaisen, plaisir English: please, pleasure → Irish: pléisiúr → Welsh: pleser ⇒ Old French: plaisant→ Middle English: plesaunte, plesaunt, plesantEnglish: pleasantYola: plesant