Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleasurable

/ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: plea-sur-able
IPA: /ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That gives pleasure

Example Sentences

"The massage was a pleasurable experience."
"c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable."
"At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]"
"Happiness is, therefore, a thing most excellent and noble, as well as being most pleasurable […]"
"Impassioned pleas for pleasurable instruction appeared from the pens of such thinkers as Plato, Sidney, and Dryden, this ideal ultimately becoming one of the acknowledged cornerstones of neoclassical criticism."
"Opiate receptors in human brains allow us to perceive pleasurable stimuli such as sweet tastes."

Etymology

Etymology tree English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable From pleasure + -able.

Inflected Forms

more pleasurable (comparative) most pleasurable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpleasurable pleasurability pleasurableness pleasurably unpleasurable

Frequently Paired Words

pleasure please

Synonyms

nice pleasant pleasing enjoyable gratifying

Rhymes With

measurable

Questions

How do you pronounce pleasurable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/.
What does pleasurable mean?: That gives pleasure
Where does pleasurable come from?: Etymology tree English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable From pleasure + -able.

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