luxe

See also: luxé, lûxe, lüxe, and łuxe

English

Etymology

From French luxe, from Latin luxus. Cognate with English lock.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /luks/, /lʌks/
  • Rhymes: -uks, -ʌks

Noun

luxe (uncountable)

  1. luxury

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūxus.

Pronunciation

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes)

  1. luxury

Derived terms

Further reading


Dutch

Etymology 1

From French luxe, from Latin luxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyksə/

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes, diminutive luxetje n)

  1. luxury
Derived terms

Etymology 2

The first part of typical compounds with luxe (e.g. luxe-editie (luxury edition), luxevilla (luxury-mansion), ...) is reinterpreted as an adjective, instead of a noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyks/

Adjective

luxe (comparative luxer, superlative meest luxe or luxest)

  1. (Netherlands) luxurious
  2. (Netherlands) deluxe
Inflection
Inflection of luxe
uninflected luxe
inflected luxe
comparative luxer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial luxeluxerhet luxest
het luxeste
indefinite m./f. sing. luxeluxereluxeste
n. sing. luxeluxerluxeste
plural luxeluxereluxeste
definite luxeluxereluxeste
partitive luxesluxers
Synonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyks/
  • (file)

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes)

  1. luxury

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: luxe
  • English: luxe
  • Persian: لوکس (luks)
  • Swedish: lyx
  • Turkish: lüks

Verb

luxe

  1. inflection of luxer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading


Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūxe

  1. vocative masculine singular of lūxus

Ligurian

Alternative forms

  • lûxe (Grafîa ofiçiâ)
  • lŷxe (u-orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyːʒe/

Etymology 1

From Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks (accusative *loukem), from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (white; light; bright). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.

Noun

luxe f (plural luxi)

  1. light, particularly:
    1. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation.
    2. A source of illumination.

Verb

luxe

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

Spanish

Verb

luxe

  1. inflection of luxar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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