different between mustre vs lustre

English

Noun

mustre (plural mustres)

1. Obsolete form of muster.

Verb

mustre (third-person singular simple present mustres, present participle mustring, simple past and past participle mustred)

1. Obsolete form of muster.

Anagrams

• Sumter, estrum, muster, muters, stumer, turmes

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mustre

1. inflection of mustern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mustre]

Verb

mustre

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of mustra
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of mustra

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.