Dictionary Definition
please adv : used in polite request; "please pay
attention"
Verb
1 give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These
colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: delight] [ant: displease]
2 be the will of or have the will (to); "he could
do many things if he pleased"
3 give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim
to please"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pliːz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Homophones
Verb
Synonyms
- italbrac to make happy: satisfy
- italbrac to desire: desire, will
Antonyms
- italbrac to make happy: disgust, displease
Translations
to make happy or satisfy
- Arabic:
- Catalan: plaure, complaure, agradar
- Chinese: 討好 (tǎohǎo)
- Czech: potěšit, udělat radost, uspokojit, vyhovět, pokládat za vhodné
- Dutch: bevallen (satisfy), behagen (give pleasure)
- Fijian: yalo vinaka
- Finnish: viihdyttää, miellyttää
- French: plaire
- German: gefallen, rechtmachen
- Greek: ευχαριστώ (efkharisto), τέρπω (terpo), δίνω ευχαρίστηση (dino efkharistisi)
- Italian: accontentare, piacere
- Japanese: お願い (onegai), 喜ばす (yorokobásu)
- Korean: 기쁘게 하다 (gibbeuge hada)
- Nahuatl: yolceuiz
- Norwegian: å behage, være til lags, tiltale (?)
- Polish: uszczęśliwiać
- Portuguese: agradar
- Romanian: a mulţumi, a satisface, a incânta
- Russian: нравиться, понравиться (nrávit’s’a, ponrávit’s’a)
- Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri
- Serbian: zadovoljiti, ugoditi
- Slovene: zadovoljiti prositi
- Spanish: gustar, agradar
- Swedish: behaga
- Vietnamese: làm ơn
Interjection
- 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?
- Would you please sign this form?
- Please, pass the bread.
- An expression of annoyance or impatience, often rendered "puh-lease" for the exaggerated way it is often pronounced.
Translations
interjection to make commands more polite
- Arabic:
- Bulgarian: моля
- Catalan: si us plau
- Chinese: 请 (qǐng)
- 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: παρακαλώ (parakaló), μου κάνεις την χάρη να... (mu kanis ti khari na...)
- Hebrew: בבקשה (bevakasha)
- 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: ください (kudasái), どうぞ (dōzo)
- Korean: 제발 (jebal)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بێ زهحمهت
- Lithuanian: prašau
- Malay: sila
- Norwegian: vær så snill, takk (?)
- Persian: لطفا
- Polish: proszę
- Portuguese: por favor
- Romanian: vă rog (singular and plural formal, plural familiar), te rog (singular familiar)
- Russian: пoжaлуйстa
- 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 páči
- Spanish: por favor, favor de
- Swedish: tack, snälla, var så god, vänligen
- Tamil: தயவு செய்து (dayavu seithu)
- Turkish: lütfen
- Ukrainian: прошу (prošú)
- Vietnamese: làm ơn, xin
- Welsh: os gwelwch yn dda
expression of annoyance or impatience
Derived terms
Interjection
- In the context of "Cincinnati, OH, US": Said as a request to repeat information; excuse me. http://citybeat.com/1999-09-16/cover2.shtml http://citybeat.com/1999-09-16/cover3.shtml
Extensive Definition
Please may refer to:
- PLEASE, a keyword in the INTERCAL programming language
- Please (album), an album by Pet Shop Boys
- Please (band), a psychedelic rock band
Songs
- "Please", a song by The Apples in Stereo from the album Velocity of Sound
- "Please" (Toni Braxton song), a song by Toni Braxton from the album Libra
- "Please", a song by Lamb from the album Between Darkness and Wonder
- "Please", a song by Nine Inch Nails from the album The Fragile
- "Please", a song by Robin Gibb
- "Please", a song by Ludo
- "Please", a song by Paul Hartnoll from the album The Ideal Condition
- "Please", a song by Chris Isaak from the album Speak of the Devil
- "Please" (U2 song), a song by U2 from the album Pop
- "Please", a song by Jayce Hein released to country radio in March 2007
please in Italian: Please
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
I beg you, amuse, be good enough, cater to,
cheer, choose, choose rather, coddle, content, cosset, delectate, delight, desire, divert, do, elect, entertain, favor, give pleasure, give way to,
gladden, go over big,
gratify, happify, have a bias, have
preference, have rather, have the goodness, hit the spot, honor
before, humor, if you
please, indulge,
interest, lean towards,
like, like better, make a
hit, mollycoddle,
oblige, opt, overjoy, pamper, pleasure, pray, pray do, prefer, prefer to, prithee, rather, regale, rejoice, satisfy, see fit, set before,
spoil, suit, think best, think fit, think
proper, tickle, titillate, want, will, will you, wish, yield to