"lustre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌstə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-lustre.wav Forms: lustres [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌstə Etymology: From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{der|en|frm|lustre}} Middle French lustre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.) Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: luster (extra: shine, etc.)
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-pDIabNLO
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Ancient Rome, Five
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-yiIhgjD8 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 2 46 29 7 6 8 2 Disambiguation of Five: 5 37 21 12 11 11 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 24 10 6 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 13 1 12 6 3 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 12 15 0 12 2 0 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 1 15 8 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 10 13 0 14 1 0 14 1 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. A glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-rFrcEa1I
  4. (dated) A chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-en:ornamental_light
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lustreware Related terms: lustrous
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌstə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-lustre.wav Forms: lustres [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌstə Etymology: From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lustre}} Middle English lustre, {{der|en|la|lustrum}} Latin lustrum, {{der|en|itc-ola|*loustrom}} Old Latin *loustrom, {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun}} lustre (plural lustres)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: luster (extra: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts) Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-dzk7E1P4 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌstə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-lustre.wav Forms: lustres [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌstə Etymology: From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), thought to derive from unattested *dustrum, from unattested Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”), from δύω (dúō, “to plunge, to wallow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lustrum|lustra|wilds, woods}} Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), {{der|en|grc|*δύστρον||place animals wallow}} Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lustre (plural lustres)
  1. (British spelling, obsolete) Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: luster (extra: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals)
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-noun-aiD75YsE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈlʌstə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-lustre.wav Forms: lustres [present, singular, third-person], lustring [participle, present], lustred [participle, past], lustred [past]
Rhymes: -ʌstə Etymology: From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{der|en|frm|lustre}} Middle French lustre Head templates: {{en-verb}} lustre (third-person singular simple present lustres, present participle lustring, simple past and past participle lustred)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of luster Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: luster
    Sense id: en-lustre-en-verb-Trvy8QvI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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