plaire
French
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) (followed by à or preceded by an indirect object) to please (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object)
- (reflexive) to enjoy (oneself)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French plaire inherited from Old French plaire inherited from Latin placēre.
Origin
Latin
placēre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- placēre Latin
- placēre, placeō Latin
- piacere Italian
- complaire French
- déplaire French
- placer Spanish, Castilian
- desplaire Old French
- plaire Old French
- plaisir Old French
- plaĉi Esperanto
- complaure Catalan, Valencian
- plaure Catalan, Valencian
- plăcea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plăcere Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pliaithe Norman
- complaire Middle French
- plaire Middle French
- prazer Old Portuguese
- plãtseari Aromanian
- plasê Friulian
- plazer Old Occitan
- piâxéi Ligurian
- plaer Old Catalan