different between lustre vs lustra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?st?/

Etymology 1

From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).

Noun

lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
2. (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.

3. A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons
4. (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)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin lustrum. See luster (etymology 2)

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. lustrum; period of five years
2. (figuratively) a very long time

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. lustre, chandelier
2. 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

1. feminine plural of lustro

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lustro.

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. 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)

1. chandelier

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lust?e/, [?lus.t??e]

Noun

lustre m (plural lustres)

1. lustre, shine

Verb

lustre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lustrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lustrar.
4. 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.

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.