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lustre

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1)

NounEdit

lustre (plural lustres)

  1. (British) alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
luster — see luster

VerbEdit

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

  1. (British) alternative form of luster
TranslationsEdit
luster — see luster

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin lustrum. See luster (etymology 2)

NounEdit

lustre (plural lustres)

  1. (British) 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

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

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lustre f pl

  1. feminine plural of lustro

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian lustro.

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre; shine

PortugueseEdit

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lustre

EtymologyEdit

From French lustre.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. chandelier

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.
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