different between luxury vs luxuries

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

English

Noun

luxuries

1. plural of luxury

Latin

Alternative forms

• l?xuria

Etymology

From l?xus (“excess”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lu?k?su.ri.e?s/, [??u?k?s???ie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luk?su.ri.es/, [luk?su??i?s]

Noun

l?xuri?s f (genitive l?xuri??); fifth declension

1. luxury
2. extravagance

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Verb

l?xuri?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of l?xuri?

References

• luxuries in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers