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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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heyday
English
Etymology
Late 16th century, from earlier heyda (1520s), as exclamation – compare hey, hei. Sense “period of success, vigor” from 1751, which respelt as heyday based on unrelated day (as “period of time”) – compare day in the sun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?he?de?/
- Rhymes: -e?de?
Noun
heyday (plural heydays)
- A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
- The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.
- (archaic) An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.
Synonyms
- day in the sun
- golden age
- golden years
Related terms
- hey
Translations
Interjection
heyday
- A lively greeting.
- 1798, Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey:
- "Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together."
- 1798, Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey:
- (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
- 1600, Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels :
- "Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c."
- Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.”
- 1600, Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels :
Synonyms
- (greeting): See Thesaurus:hello
- (expression of wonder): See Thesaurus:wow
References
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