pleasure
nominterjectionverbetop 1 000 des dialogues de films
- Royaume-Uni//ˈplɛʒə//
- États-Unis//ˈplɛʒɚ//
A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
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- 1
A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.
Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure
- 2
A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
- 3
Sexual enjoyment.
- 4
One's preference.
What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
- 5
The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires
Use your pleasure; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.
Étymologie
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.
interjection
- 1
pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
verbe
- 1
To give or afford pleasure to.
[H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]
- 2
To give sexual pleasure to.
Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
In the opening scene, Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Alex Hassell), the gravitational center of Cooper’s world, is seen pleasuring a woman in the bathroom of a Concorde jet, thrusting so vigorously that she hardly notices when the plane goes supersonic.
- 3
vieilliTo take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
to go pleasuring
Formes
- pluriel
- pleasures
- passé
- pleasured
- participe passé
- pleasured
- participe présent
- pleasuring
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- pleasures
pleasure · A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
pledge · To make a solemn promise (to do something).pledged · Under the obligation of a promise made.plenty · A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.