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rank|outside|beside|worth|696|please|quiet|exclaimed|regard

Etymology
ME. plese < OF. plaisir < L. placere|plac�re ('to please', 'to seem good').

Pronunciation
IPA|/pli�z/
audio|en-us-please.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�z|-i�z

Homophones
pleas

Verb
en-verb|pleas|ing

1. transitive To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure.

#: Her presentation pleased the executives.

1. intransitive To desire; to will.

#: Just do as you please.

Synonyms
italbrac|to make happy: satisfy
italbrac|to desire: desire, will

Antonyms
italbrac|to make happy: disgust, displease

Translations
trans-top|to make happy or satisfy
Arabic: ARchar|رض� unicode|(ra�á:)
Catalan: plaure, complaure, agradar
Chinese: �好 (t�oh�o)
Czech: pot�šit, ud�lat radost, uspokojit, vyhov�t, pokládat za vhodné
Dutch: bevallen (satisfy), behagen (give pleasure)
Fijian: yalo vinaka
Finnish: viihdyttää, miellyttää
French: plaire
German: gefallen, rechtmachen
Greek: ε��α�ι��� (efkharisto), �έ��� (terpo), δίν� ε��α�ί��η�η (dino efkharistisi)
Italian: accontentare, piacere
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Japanese: ��� (onegai), ��� (yorokobásu)
Korean: 기�� �� (gibbeuge hada)
Nahuatl: yolceuiz
Norwegian: å behage, være til lags, tiltale (?)
Persian: FAchar|�ط�ا (lotfan)
Polish: uszcz��liwia�
Portuguese: agradar
Romanian: a mulţumi, a satisface, a incânta
Russian: н�ави����, пон�ави���� (nrávit�s�a, ponrávit�s�a)
Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri
Serbian: zadovoljiti, ugoditi
Slovene: zadovoljiti prositi
Spanish: gustar, agradar
Swedish: behaga
Vietnamese: làm ơn
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Interjection
en-intj

1. An interjection to make commands more polite. It is short for "if you please".

#: Please, pass the bread.
#: Would you please sign this form?
#: Could you tell me the time, please?

1. An expression of annoyance or impatience, often rendered "puh-lease" for the exaggerated way it is often pronounced.
2. context|Cincinnati, OH, US Said as a request to repeat information. ¹

Translations
trans-top|interjection to make commands more polite
Arabic: ARchar|�� �ض�� unicode|(min fá�lak)
Bulgarian: мол� (mólja)
Catalan: si us plau
Chinese: 请 (q�ng)
Croatian: molim
Czech: prosím
Danish: vær så venlig
Dutch: alstublieft (polite), alsjeblieft (casual), graag, a.u.b.
Fijian: yalo vinaka
Finnish: olkaa hyvä
French: s'il vous plaît, S.V.P.
German: bitte (schön)
Greek: �α�ακαλ� (parakaló), μο� κάνει� �ην �ά�η να... (mu kanis ti khari na...)
Hungarian: kérem, szívesen (szívesen is better translated as you�re welcome, the response to köszönöm)
Indonesian: minta tolong
Irish: le do thoil, más é do thoil é
Italian: per favore
Japanese: ���� (kudasái), ��� (d�zo)
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Korean: �� (jebal)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ب� ز��ح���ت|trbae zaHmat|scKUchar
Lithuanian: prašau
Malay: sila
Norwegian: vær så snill, takk (?)
Polish: prosz�
Portuguese: por favor#Portuguese|por favor
Romanian: v� rog (singular and plural formal, plural familiar), te rog (singular familiar)
Russian: пoжaл�й��a (požálsta)
Scottish Gaelic: le do thoil (s., informal), le ur toil (pl., formal), ma 's e do thoil e (s., informal), ma 's e ur toil e (pl., formal)
Serbian: молим (lepo)
Slovak: prosím, nech sa pá�i
Spanish: por favor#Spanish|por favor, favor#Spanish|favor de
Swedish: tack, snälla, var så god, vänligen
Tamil: தயவ� ��ய�த� (dayavu seithu)
Turkish: lütfen
Ukrainian: п�о�� (prošú)
Vietnamese: làm ơn, xin
Welsh: os gwelwch yn dda
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trans-top|expression of annoyance or impatience
French: allez, stoplait
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Vietnamese: thôi#Vietnamese|thôi mà#Vietnaemse|mà, tr�i ơi
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Derived terms
pleasant
pleasure
pretty please

Anagrams
asleep
elapse

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Positive words

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simple:please
fi:please
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vi:please
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zh:please

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