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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ks/

Homophone: lucks

• Rhymes: -?ks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin l?x (“light”).; from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ?????? (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek ???? (lúk?, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit ????? (rocate), Middle Persian ????????????? (r?z, “day”) and Old English l?oht (noun) (English light).

The archaic form in Latin is leuks, and later louks.

Noun

lux (plural lux or luxes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare French luxer. See luxate.

Verb

lux (third-person singular simple present luxes, present participle luxing, simple past and past participle luxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To put out of joint; to luxate.

See also

• luxed up

Anagrams

• ULX, XUL

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux.

Noun

lux m

1. lux (unit of illuminance or illumination)

Further reading

• lux in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lux in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ?????? (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek ???? (lúk?, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit ????? (rocate) and Old English l?oht (English light (noun)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lu?ks/, [??u?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luks/, [luks]

Noun

l?x f (genitive l?cis); third declension

1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)
2. daylight, day, moonlight
3. life
4. (figuratively) public view
5. glory, encouragement
6. enlightenment, explanation
7. splendour
8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ?l?cus
• l?ce
• l?cidus
• l?cifer
• l?culentus
• l?men

Related terms

• luceo, lucere

Descendants

See also

• l?ce (“in the daytime”)
• pr?m? l?ce (“at daybreak”)
• l?ce carent?s (“the dead”)

References

• lux in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lux in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lux in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux. Doublet of the inherited luz.

Noun

lux m (plural lux or luxes)

1. lux (the derived unit of illuminance)

Romanian

Etymology

From French lux

Noun

lux m (plural luc?i)

1. lux

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux. Doublet of the inherited luz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?s/, [?lu??s]

Noun

lux m (plural lux)

1. lux

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux.

Noun

lux c

1. lux (singular and plural)

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?k.??.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?????i/, /?l?k???i/

Noun

luxury (countable and uncountable, plural luxuries)

1. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
2. Something desirable but expensive.
3. Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.

Synonyms

• luxe

Antonyms

• (dispensable thing): necessity

Translations

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

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

Middle English

Noun

luxury

1. Alternative form of luxurie