plaer

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pler
• plaier (dialectal, Alghero)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plaˈeɾ]

Noun

plaer m (plural plaers)

1. pleasure

Related terms

• plaure

Middle English

Noun

plaer

1. Alternative form of pleyer