different between elegance vs lustre
elegance
English
Etymology
From Middle French élégance, from Latin ?legantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.?.??ns/
- Hyphenation: el?e?gance
Noun
elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)
- Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
- Restraint and grace of style.
- The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- (countable, dated) A refinement or luxury.
Related terms
- elegant
Translations
Czech
Noun
elegance f
- elegance
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lustre
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?st?/
Etymology 1
From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).
Noun
lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)
- (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
- (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.
- A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons
- (dated) A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres
Antonyms
- dullness
- lacklustre
Derived terms
- lustreware
Related terms
- lustrous
Translations
Verb
lustre (third-person singular simple present lustres, present participle lustring, simple past and past participle lustred)
- (British spelling) Alternative form of luster
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin lustrum. See luster (etymology 2)
Noun
lustre (plural lustres)
- (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (a lustrum)
Translations
Anagrams
- Ulster, lurest, luster, luters, result, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin lustrum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?lus.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?lus.t?e/
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- lustrum (period of five years)
Related terms
- llustre
Further reading
- “lustre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyst?/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin l?strum.
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- lustrum; period of five years
- (figuratively) a very long time
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian lustro.
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- lustre, chandelier
- gloss, shine, lustre
Related terms
- lustrage
- lustrer
- lustrine
Descendants
- Russian: ??????? f (ljústra)
Further reading
- “lustre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
lustre f pl
- feminine plural of lustro
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lustro.
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- lustre; shine
Portuguese
Etymology
From French lustre.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?lu?.t??/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?lus.t?i/, /?lu?.t?i/
- Hyphenation: lus?tre
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- chandelier
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lust?e/, [?lus.t??e]
Noun
lustre m (plural lustres)
- lustre, shine
Verb
lustre
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lustrar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
Further reading
- “lustre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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