plaer

Concepts

pleasure

delight

fun

appeal

joy

😂

joyance

pleasance

happiness

Synonyms

delit

alegria

😂

gust

gaudi

Translations

placer

plaisir

prazer

piacere

deleite

Freude

😂

delícia

plezier

Wohlgefallen

gozo

😂

Vergnügen

😂

vermaak

kêf

Genuß

Pronounced as (IPA)

[pləˈɛ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: placeo

Cognate with French: plaisir

Cognate with Occitan: plaser

Cognate with Italian: piacere

Cognate with Spanish: placer

Cognate with Romanian: plăcere

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan plaer~plader~plaser~plazer, from Latin placēre.
The Old Catalan word was mainly used as a verb, "to please", and this was later replaced by the likely analogical form plaure, while the original infinitive was maintained in a more abstract and noun form: compare a similar development in French plaisir (“pleasure”) vs. plaire (“to please”). Compare also the noun use of Occitan plaser (“pleasure”), Italian piacere, Spanish placer, Romanian plăcere, etc., from the Latin infinitive.