please

Signification

Verb

1. To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
2. To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

Adv

1. Used to make a polite request.
2. Used as an affirmative to an offer.
3. An expression of annoyance, impatience or exasperation.

Intj

Said as a request to repeat information.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pliːz/

Étymologie

From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”). In this sense, displaced native Old English līcian, whence Modern English like.

Phrases

Please forgive me .

S'il te plaît, pardonne-moi.

Please read my proposal for the future direction of the business .

Veuillez lire ma proposition pour l'orientation future de l'entreprise.