pleasure in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.pleasure [Brit ˈplɛʒə, Am ˈplɛʒər] N

5. pleasure (in polite formulae):

it gives me great pleasure to do
c'est avec plaisir que je fais
‘will you come?’—‘thank you, with (the greatest) pleasure’
‘voulez-vous venir?’—‘merci, avec (le plus grand) plaisir’
I look forward to the pleasure of meeting you
j'espère avoir un jour le plaisir de vous rencontrer
‘it's been a pleasure meeting you or to meet you’—‘the pleasure was all mine’
‘je suis ravi d'avoir fait votre connaissance’—‘tout le plaisir est pour moi’
my pleasure (replying to request for help)
avec plaisir
my pleasure (replying to thanks)
je vous en prie
what an unexpected pleasure! (gen)
quelle heureuse surprise!
what an unexpected pleasure! iron
ça! par exemple!
may I have the pleasure (of this dance)?
m'accorderez-vous cette danse?
would you do me the pleasure of dining with me?
me ferez-vous le plaisir de dîner avec moi?
‘Mr and Mrs Moor request the pleasure of your company at their daughter's wedding’
‘M. et Mme Moor vous prient d'assister à la cérémonie de mariage de leur fille’

II.pleasure [Brit ˈplɛʒə, Am ˈplɛʒər] VB trans (give sexual pleasure to)

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guilty pleasure [ˌɡɪlti ˈplɛʒə] N

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volupté
sensual pleasure
volupté
sexual pleasure
agrément
pleasure
voyage d'agrément
pleasure trip
agrément de la vie
pleasure
volontiers (réponse)
with pleasure
jouissance
pleasure
être avide de jouissances
to be pleasure-loving
causer de la joie à qn
to give pleasure to sb
joindre l'utile à l'agréable
to combine business with pleasure
plaisir
pleasure
plaisir de faire qc
pleasure of doing sth
elle prend (du) plaisir à qc
she takes pleasure in sth
faire plaisir à voir
to be a pleasure to see
par [ou pour le] plaisir
for pleasure
se donner du plaisir
to pleasure each other
courir après les plaisirs
to be a pleasure-seeker
faire durer le plaisir
to make the pleasure last
avec grand plaisir
with great pleasure

pleasure Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to glow with pride/pleasure
rayonner de fierté/de plaisir
to get pleasure out of sth
tirer du plaisir de qc
to combine business with pleasure
joindre l'utile à l'agréable
to take pleasure in sth/in doing sth
prendre plaisir à qc/faire qc
is it for business or pleasure?
est-ce que c'est pour le travail ou pour les vacances?
to gurgle with pleasure/with delight
gazouiller de plaisir/de joie
to take vicarious pleasure from sth
retirer indirectement du plaisir de qc
to eat for the pleasure of eating
manger par/avec gourmandise
to take pleasure in doing sth
trouver du plaisir à faire qc
to be a pleasure to see
faire plaisir à voir
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The log drives were stopped after 1915, when pleasure boat owners complained about the hazards to navigation.
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These spring drives were stopped after 1915, when pleasure boat owners complained about the hazards to navigation.
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Of those on a pleasure boat, 82 per cent wore life jackets, while 86 per cent of kayak users did.
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Many of the upper middle class regarded amateur theatre as at best a harmless pleasure with no particular moral or aesthetic merit.
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Kon observes that this painting does not portray pleasure from the masturbation, but a feeling of solitude.
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This behavior enforces clinging and denial which promotes the persistence of the pleasure principle in an attempt to avoid the pain of separation or subsequent depression.
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An excessive influx of excitement, canceled the pleasure principle at once, forcing the psychic apparatus to perform a more urgent task: to link the excitations to allow its subsequent discharge.
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The essay considers how pleasure resorts are likely to develop in the future, consisting of artificial environments with vacuous pleasures.
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The varied pace assures that after a rush of events, she allows a few quiet pages about long-married life, the serene pleasure of going to sleep companionably in another's embrace.
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In their view a meal should not only be nourishing, but it should give pleasure too.
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