different between lustra vs chandelier

English

Noun

lustra

1. plural of lustrum

Anagrams

• lutars, ultras

French

Verb

lustra

1. third-person singular past historic of lustrer

Italian

Verb

lustra

1. third-person singular present indicative of lustrare
2. second-person singular imperative of lustrare

Anagrams

• ultras

Latin

Noun

lustra

1. nominative plural of lustrum
2. accusative plural of lustrum
3. vocative plural of lustrum

References

• lustra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages (cf. e.g. French lustre), ultimately borrowed from Latin lustr? (“to purify; to make bright”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lustra f (4th declension)

1. chandelier (illumination device that hangs from the ceiling and consists of several candle or light bulb holders)

Declension

Polish

Noun

lustra

1. genitive singular of lustro
2. nominative plural of lustro
3. accusative plural of lustro
4. vocative plural of lustro

Portuguese

Verb

lustra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lustrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lustrar

Spanish

Verb

lustra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lustrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lustrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lustrar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. see candle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ænd??l??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

chandelier (plural chandeliers)

1. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?

2. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

   Synonym: wall

   • 2007, Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.

     A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.

3. (obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
   • 1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume 9, p. 37. [1]

     Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.

   • 1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, p. 32.

     Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

4. (surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• chandelier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chandelier in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.d?.lje/

Etymology 1

From Latin cand?l?brum, with a change in suffix. Doublet of candélabre.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlestick
2. chandelier

Related terms

• chandelle

Etymology 2

chandelle +? -ier, or from Medieval Latin candel?rius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlemaker

Further reading

• “chandelier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandelieres)

1. chandelier