lustre

See also: lustré

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌstə/

Etymology 1Edit

Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1)

NounEdit

lustre (plural lustres)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)

AntonymsEdit

• dullness
• lacklustre

Derived termsEdit

• lustreware

Related termsEdit

• lustrous

TranslationsEdit

luster — see luster

VerbEdit

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

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster

TranslationsEdit

luster — see luster

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin lustrum. See luster (etymology 2)

NounEdit

lustre (plural lustres)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (a lustrum)

TranslationsEdit

lustrum — see lustrum

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lustre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

• Ulster, lurest, luster, luters, result, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lystʁ/

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

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

Related termsEdit

• lustrage
• lustrer
• lustrine

DescendantsEdit

• Russian: лю́стра f (ljústra)

Further readingEdit

• “lustre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lustre f pl

1. feminine plural of lustro

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian lustro.

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. lustre; shine

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PortugueseEdit

lustre

EtymologyEdit

From French lustre.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈluʃ.tɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: lus‧tre

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. chandelier

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. lustre

VerbEdit

lustre

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.