plaisir
French, noun/plɛ.ziʁ/
plaisir is spelled P-L-A-I-S-I-R (7 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaisir is a French masculine noun meaning “pleasure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment, sensation agréable”.
What does plaisir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepleasure
avec bien de plaisir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment, sensation agréable. 2. Divertissement. 3. Volonté ; consentement. 4. Grâce ; faveur ; service ; bon office.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plaisir
- plaisirs plural
- plaiz alternative clipping
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plaisir?
- /plɛ.ziʁ/
- /ple.ziʁ/
- \ple.ziʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plaisir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plaisir in French?
plaisir appears 141 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).