lustre

See also: lustré

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlʌstə/

Etymology 1

Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).

Noun

lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
luster — see luster

Verb

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

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster
Translations
luster — see luster

Etymology 2

From Latin lustrum. See luster (etymology 2)

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (a lustrum)
Translations
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin lustrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustrum (period of five years)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lystʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

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

Descendants

Further reading

Interlingue

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

  1. luster (light)
  2. polish
  3. (historical) lustrum

Italian

Adjective

lustre f pl

  1. feminine plural of lustro

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre; shine

Portuguese
lustre

Etymology

From French lustre.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈluʃ.tɾɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tɾi/, /ˈluʃ.tɾi/
  • Hyphenation: lus‧tre

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. chandelier

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlustɾe/, [ˈlust̪ɾe]

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre, shine

Verb

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.

Further reading
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