luxury

luxury

English

Due to their high market price, most gemstones, such as diamonds, for example, are widely associated with luxury

Etymology

From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌɡʒəɹi/, /ˈlʌkʃəɹi/

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Noun

luxury (countable and uncountable, plural luxuries)

1. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
2. Something desirable but expensive.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:

     “ […] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […] ”

3. Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.
   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.

Synonyms

• luxe

Antonyms

• (dispensable thing): necessity

Translations

very wealthy and comfortable surroundings

Bulgarian: разкош (bg) (razkoš), лукс (bg) m (luks) Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi) Chinese: Mandarin: 豪華／豪华 (zh) Esperanto: lukso (eo) Finnish: ylellisyys (fi), luksus (fi), loisto (fi) French: luxe (fr) m Galician: luxo m Georgian: ფუფუნება (pupuneba), განცხრომა (gancxroma) German: Luxus (de) m Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia), χλιδή (el) f (chlidí) Ancient: τρυφή f (truphḗ) Hebrew: פאר‎ (he) (peér), שפע‎ (he) (shéfa) Hungarian: luxus (hu) Indonesian: kemewahan (id) Irish: sómas m Italian: lusso (it) Latin: luxus m Macedonian: ра́скош m (ráskoš), лу́ксуз m (lúksuz) Malayalam: സമൃദ്ധി (ml) (samr̥ddhi) Maori: hāneaneatanga Norwegian: Bokmål: luksus m Nynorsk: luksus m Persian: لوکس‎ (fa) (luks), لاکچری‎ (lâkčeri) Polish: luksus (pl) m Portuguese: luxo (pt) m Russian: ро́скошь (ru) (róskošʹ), люкс (ru) m (ljuks) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m Spanish: lujo (es) m Swedish: lyx (sv) c Turkish: lüks (tr), bolluk (tr)

something desirable but expensive

Bulgarian: лукс (bg) m (luks) Dutch: luxe (nl) m Finnish: ylellisyys (fi) French: luxe (fr) m Galician: luxoso m German: Luxus (de) m Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia) Ancient: τρυφή f (truphḗ) Hebrew: מותרות‎ (motarót), לוקסוס‎ (luxus) Hungarian: luxus (hu) Italian: lusso (it) f Macedonian: лу́ксуз m (lúksuz), ра́скош  m (ráskoš ) Norwegian: Bokmål: luksusvare m or f Nynorsk: luksusvare f Polish: luksus (pl) m Portuguese: luxo (pt) m Russian: предме́т ро́скоши m (predmét róskoši) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m Spanish: lujo (es) m Swedish: lyx (sv) c

something pleasant but not necessary in life

Armenian: շռայլություն (hy) (šṙaylutʿyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 奢侈 (zh) Esperanto: luksaĵo Finnish: ylellisyys (fi) French: luxe (fr) m German: Luxus (de) m Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia) Hebrew: מותרות‎ (motarót) Hungarian: luxus (hu) Indonesian: kemewahan (id) Irish: só m Italian: lusso (it) Macedonian: ра́скош  m (ráskoš ), лу́ксуз m (lúksuz) Malay: kemewahan Malayalam: ആഡംബരം (ml) (āḍambaraṃ) Maori: hāneanea Norwegian: Bokmål: luksusvare m or f Nynorsk: luksusvare f Persian: لوکس‎ (fa) (lus) Portuguese: luxo (pt) m Russian: ро́скошь (ru) (róskošʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m Spanish: lujo (es) m, capricho (es) m, extravagancia (es) f Swedish: lyx (sv)

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Translations to be checked

French: (please verify) luxe (fr) m Italian: (please verify) lusso (it) m Telugu: (please verify) విలాసం (te) (vilāsaṁ)

Adjective

luxury (comparative more luxury, superlative most luxury)

1. very expensive
2. not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
3. (automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

Coordinate terms

(automotive):

• premium
• economy

Translations

indulgent

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ylellinen (fi) Greek: πολυτελής (el) m or f (polytelís) Malay: mewah (ms) Maori: hāneanea Polish: luksusowy (pl) Swedish: lyxig (sv) Turkish: lüks (tr) Vietnamese: sự sang trọng

Related terms

• luxe
• luxuriant
• luxuriate
• luxurious
• luxuriously

Further reading

• luxury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• luxury at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Middle English

Noun

luxury

1. Alternative form of luxurie