lustre

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlʌstə/

Alternative forms

• luster (US)

Etymology 1

Latin lux, light

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

1. (UK) Alternative spelling of luster. Shine, sheen gleam or polish.

   The brass had a characteristic lustre that practically glowed when it was freshly cleaned.

2. By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendor.

   After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its lustre.

3. Refinement, polish, or quality.

   He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.

Antonyms

• dullness
• lacklustre

Derived terms

• lustreware

Related terms

• lustrous

Translations

luster — see luster

Verb

lustre (third-person singular simple present lustres, present participle lustring, simple past and past participle lustred)

1. (transitive, rare, poetic) To make lustrous.
   • Lowell

     Flooded and lustred with her loosened gold.

Etymology 2

Latin lustrum.

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

1. A period of five years; a lustrum.
   • Bolingbroke

     Both of us have closed the tenth lustre.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• luster
• result
• rulest
• rustle
• sutler
• ulster, Ulster

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lystʁ/, X-SAMPA: /lystR/

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. lustre, chandelier
2. gloss, shine, lustre
3. lustrum; period of five years

Related terms

• lustrage
• lustrer
• lustrine

---

Italian

Adjective

lustre f

1. Feminine plural form of lustro

---

Spanish

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. luster

Verb

lustre (infinitive lustrar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lustrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lustrar.