plaisir French · revision 16428

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la placeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /plɛ.ziʁ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ple.ziʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plaisir''' ''m'' (plural plaisirs)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the old infinitive [[inh|fro|plaisir|t=to please]], used as a noun, [[inh|la|placeō|t=to please]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|9, 2a)^(Wiktionary) As an infinitive “plaisir” was replaced in the 13th century by [[plaire]], formed by analogy, as “faire” and “traire” stood beside “il fait”, “il trait”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[oc|plaser]], [[ca|plaer]], [[es|placer]], [[pt|prazer]] and [[it|piacere]].^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) in ''a son plaisir'' “at his pleasure, as he wishes”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old French it meant only “what one wishes to do or order” (1121–1134).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) That sense lives on in phrases: ''à plaisir'' “as much as one likes” (about 1190), later “for no reason, wantonly” (1636), and ''bon plaisir'' (about 1480), remembered from the royal formula ''car tel est notre bon plaisir'' (1638).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ The modern sense, an agreeable sensation or feeling, is recorded in 1349.^(TLFi) ''Prendre plaisir à'' dates from about 1433, ''pour son plaisir'' from 1524 and ''faire plaisir à quelqu'un'' from the 15th century.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The parting formula ''au plaisir de vous revoir'', ''au plaisir'', is recorded in 1837.^(BHVF)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – ''A son plaisir'' in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1121–1134 – “What one wishes”, in Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * 1349 – “Pleasure, agreeable feeling”.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1433 – ''Prendre plaisir à''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1480 – ''Le bon plaisir''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1638 – ''Tel est notre bon plaisir'', in Sully.^(TLFi)

+ * 1837 – ''Au plaisir de vous revoir''.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|pleasure]], enjoyment: ''avec plaisir'', ''par plaisir''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A pleasure, an [[m|en|amusement]]: ''les plaisirs de la vie''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Faire plaisir à'': to please, do a favour to.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(dated)'' What one wishes: ''tel est notre bon plaisir'', ''à plaisir'': wantonly.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Au plaisir'': goodbye (''au plaisir de vous revoir'').^(BHVF)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[déplaisir]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plaire]]

+ * [[plaisant]]

+ * [[plaisanter]]

+ * [[plaisance]]

+ * [[la|placeō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A second ''plaisir'' (1829) named a wafer, the ''oublie'', sold with the cry ''voilà le plaisir !''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}