luxury

English

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Etymology

Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, SAMPA: /"lVk.S@.r\i/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlʌɡʒəɹi/, /ˈlʌkʃəɹi/, SAMPA: /"lVgZ@r\i/, /"lVkS@r\i/

Audio (US)

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Noun

luxury (plural luxuries)

1. very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
2. something desirable but expensive.
3. something very pleasant but not really needed in life.

Antonyms

• (dispensable thing): necessity

Translations

very wealthy and comfortable surroundings

Chinese: Mandarin: 豪華 (zh) Croatian: lùksuz (hr) m., ráskoš (hr) f. Finnish: ylellisyys (fi), luksus (fi), loisto (fi) German: Luxus (de) m.

Hungarian: luxus (hu) Italian: lusso (it) Russian: роскошь (ru) (róskoš’) Serbian: raskoš (sr) f. Spanish: lujo (es)

something desirable but expensive

Croatian: lùksuz (hr) m. Dutch: luxe (nl) m. Finnish: ylellisyys (fi) German: Luxus (de) m.

Hungarian: luxus (hu) Italian: lusso (it) f. Russian: предмет роскоши (ru) (predmét róskoši) m.

something very pleasant but not really needed in life

Croatian: lùksuz (hr) m. Finnish: ylellisyys (fi) German: Luxus (de) m. Hungarian: luxus (hu)

Italian: lusso (it) Malay: kemewahan (ms) Portuguese: luxo (pt) m. Russian: роскошь (ru) (róskoš’)

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French: luxe m. Italian: lusso m.

Telugu: విలాసం (vilaasam)

Adjective

luxury (comparative more luxury, superlative most luxury)

1. very expensive

Related terms

• luxuriant
• luxuriate
• luxurious
• luxuriously

External links

• luxury in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• luxury at OneLook Dictionary Search