Polyglot Dictionary

lustre

/lystʁ/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les lustres

Meaning

  1. chandelier

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pendentif

Close — a chandelier can incorporate hanging pendant pieces.

Similar in other languages

German

Lüster

Lüster is the German word for the same thing — both mean "chandelier."

Portuguese

lustre

lustre is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "chandelier."

Practice

1 What does lustre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ illumine toute la salle à manger.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lustre?

noun

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