pleasure

engleză

(English)

Etimologie

Din engleza medie, modificarea a cuvântului plaisir care provine din franceza veche plesir, plaisir < latină placēre.

Pronunție

• AFI: /ˈplɛʒə/ (Anglia)
• AFI: /ˈplɛʒɚ/ (SUA)

Substantiv

pleasure, pl. pleasures

1. (nenumărabil) plăcere

   He remembered with pleasure his home and family.

2. (numărabil) cineva sau ceva care face plăcere

   It was a pleasure to meet you.

3. (nenumărabil) preferință

   What is your pleasure, coffee or tea?

4. (formal) (nenumărabil) dorință, dispoziție

   At Congress's pleasure.

Sinonime

• 1: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
• 2: delight, joy
• 3: desire, fancy, want, will, wish
• 4: discretion

Antonime

• displeasure

Cuvinte derivate

cuvinte derivate

antipleasure pleasurable pleasurance pleasured pleasuredrome pleasureful pleasurehood pleasureless

pleasurement pleasuremonger pleasurer pleasuring pleasurist pleasurous unpleasure

Cuvinte compuse

cuvinte compuse

end-pleasure English pleasure fore-pleasure pleasure barge pleasure boat pleasure-carriage pleasure centre pleasure craft pleasure cruise pleasure curve pleasure dome

pleasure-giving pleasure ground pleasure house pleasure-loving pleasure moment pleasure-seeker pleasure-seeking pleasure steamer pleasure trip sexual pleasure woman of pleasure

Cuvinte apropiate

• displeasure
• please
• pleasant

Locuțiuni

• with pleasure

Expresii

• 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
• gold of pleasure
• it's a pleasure
• lady of pleasure
• man of pleasure
• may I have the pleasure
• my pleasure
• pleasure of someone's company
• pleasures of the flesh
• pleasures of the table
• to one's pleasure

Verb

Conjugarea verbului to pleasure
Infinitiv	to pleasure
Prezent simplu pers. 3 sg.	pleasures
Trecut simplu	pleasured
Participiu trecut	pleasured
Participiu prezent	pleasuring

1. a face plăcere (cuiva)

Referințe

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