placer

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) to like (something or someone)
2. (literary) to please (somebody)

Noun

pleasure; something done to please

Noun

1. (masculine) placer (place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold)
2. (masculine) sandbank

Koppelteken as

pla‧cer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/plaˈθeɾ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Latin placēre, with irregular conservation of initial /pl-/ (the expected form would be *llacer). Compare Portuguese prazer.