pleaser
/ˈplizə/PLEE-zur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈplizɚ/PLEE-zur
Meaningone who pleases
Common meaning: a person who tries to please others
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- pleasto pleaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1382 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinplaceō, placuī‘to please’
- Frenchplesir
- Middle Englishplesensource
- Englishplease‘to make happy’
- Englishformed in English from pleasepleaser‘a person who tries to please others’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from please + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PLEASE, p.449 · scan
Roots
- placeō, placuī Latin “to please”
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