See also: lustré

EnglishEdit

  It has been requested that this entry be merged with luster(+).
 
Metallic lustre of hematite
 
Vitreous lustre of amethyst
 
Chandelier decorated with glass lustres dangling below

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʌstə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌstə

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).

NounEdit

lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
  2. (geology) The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.
    Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth.
  3. A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons.
    • 2013, Shena Mackay, Redhill Rococo, →ISBN:
      ...he went out through the unfamiliar hall, setting the chandelier clashing its dusty lustres with his hand, leaving a prismatic jangle behind him in the empty house.
  4. (dated) A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres.
    • 1838, John Henry Brady, A new pocket guide to London and its environs[1]:
      In the centre is painted an eagle, from whose beak an elegant glass lustre chandelier is suspended. There are also ten smaller chandeliers in different parts of the room.
    • 1889, Anonymous, The Journal of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement[2]:
      On the ground floor, the library (a room in carved oak) is lighted by a lustre composed of twelve regenerative burners enclosed in tinted glasses.
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VerbEdit

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

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster
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Etymology 2Edit

From Latin lustrum, q.v.

NounEdit

lustre (plural lustres)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin lustrum. Doublet of llustre and llostre.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustrum (period of five years)

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin lūstrum (purification celebrated every few years; a period of five or four years).

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. (literary) lustrum; period of five years
  2. (figuratively; chiefly in the plural) a very long time, an eternity
    Synonyms: éternité, (informal) plombes, (informal) belle lurette
    Ça fait des lustres que je ne t'ai pas vu !I haven't seen you in ages!
Usage notesEdit
  • Larousse considers all senses of this word as literary[1], but only that of "five years" is marked as such by Le Robert[2] and Trésor[3].

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre, chandelier
  2. gloss, shine, lustre
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DescendantsEdit
  • Russian: лю́стра f (ljústra)
  • Polish: lustro n

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ lustre” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
  2. ^ lustre” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
  3. ^ lustre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lustre f pl

  1. feminine plural of lustro

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre; shine

PortugueseEdit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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lustre

EtymologyEdit

From French lustre.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: lus‧tre

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. chandelier

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlustɾe/ [ˈlus.t̪ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -ustɾe
  • Syllabification: lus‧tre

Etymology 1Edit

From either French lustre or Catalan llustre, from Italian lustro, derived from the verb lustrare. A French or Catalan intermediate is likely due to the change in the final vowel, typical of borrowings that are ultimately early Italianisms before the 16th century. Not attested in Old Spanish; first attested in Nebrija.

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre, shine
    el lustre de mis zapatos, del metal, de los minerales
    the shine of my shoes, of the metal, of minerals
    • 1495, Antonio de Nebrija, Vocabulario español-latino :
      Blanquear dando lustre. candifico .as.
      To whiten giving lustre: candificō, -ās.
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Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

lustre

  1. inflection of lustrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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