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单词 lustre
释义

lustre

See also: lustré

English

Metallic lustre of hematite
Vitreous lustre of amethyst
Chandelier decorated with glass lustres dangling below

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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 metalliclustre, glassy materials a vitreouslustre; 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:
      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:
      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.
Antonyms
  • dullness
  • lacklustre
Derived terms
  • lustreware
  • lustrous
Translations

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

Etymology 2

From Latin lustrum, q.v.

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

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

References

  • lustre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin lustrum. Doublet of llustre and llostre.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tɾe/

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustrum (period of five years)
  • llustre

Further reading

  • “lustre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lystʁ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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 notes
  • 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 2

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. lustre, chandelier
  2. gloss, shine, lustre
  • lustrage
  • lustrer
  • lustrine
Descendants
  • Russian: лю́стра f (ljústra)
  • Polish: lustro n

References

  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.

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tɾi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈluʃ.tɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tɾe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈluʃ.tɾ(ɨ)/

  • Hyphenation: lus‧tre

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

  1. chandelier

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lustre

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

Further reading

  • lustre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “lustre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 717-718
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