luxe
English
Etymology
From French luxe, from Latin luxus. Cognate with English lock.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /luks/, /lʌks/
- Rhymes: -uks, -ʌks
Noun
luxe (uncountable)
- luxury
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lūxus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈluk.sə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈluk.se/
Noun
luxe m (plural luxes)
- luxury
Derived terms
- luxós
Related terms
- luxúria
Further reading
- “luxe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology 1
From French luxe, from Latin luxus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlyksə/
Noun
luxe m (plural luxes, diminutive luxetje n)
- luxury
Derived terms
- luxeappartement
- luxeartikel
- luxeauto
- luxebroodje
- luxe–editie
- luxegoederen
- luxehotel
- luxehut
- luxe–industrie
- luxeleven
- luxepaard
- luxepositie
- luxeprobleem
- luxetelegram
- luxetrein
- luxe-uitvoering
- luxevilla
- luxewagen
- luxueus
- superdeluxe
Etymology 2
The first part of typical compounds with luxe (e.g. luxe-editie (“luxury edition”), luxevilla (“luxury-mansion”), ...) is reinterpreted as an adjective, instead of a noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyks/
Adjective
luxe (comparative luxer, superlative meest luxe or luxest)
- (Netherlands) luxurious
- (Netherlands) deluxe
Inflection
| Inflection of luxe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | luxe | |||
| inflected | luxe | |||
| comparative | luxer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | luxe | luxer | het luxest het luxeste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | luxe | luxere | luxeste |
| n. sing. | luxe | luxer | luxeste | |
| plural | luxe | luxere | luxeste | |
| definite | luxe | luxere | luxeste | |
| partitive | luxes | luxers | — | |
Synonyms
- luxueus
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūxus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyks/
Audio (file)
Noun
luxe m (plural luxes)
- luxury
Derived terms
- de luxe
- luxeusement
- luxueux
- luxure
Descendants
- → Dutch: luxe
- → English: luxe
- → Persian: لوکس (luks)
- → Swedish: lyx
- → Turkish: lüks
Verb
luxe
- inflection of luxer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “luxe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluːk.se/, [ˈɫ̪uːks̠ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈluk.se/, [ˈlukse]
Adjective
lūxe
- vocative masculine singular of lūxus
Ligurian
Alternative forms
- lûxe (Grafîa ofiçiâ)
- lŷxe (u-orthography)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlyːʒe/
Etymology 1
From Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks (accusative *loukem), from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.
Noun
luxe f (plural luxi)
- light, particularly:
- (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation.
- A source of illumination.
Related terms
- luxente
- luxî
- luña
Verb
luxe
- inflection of luxî:
- third-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
luxe
- inflection of luxar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative