luxury

English

Due to its high market price, most gemstones, such as diamonds, for example, are widely associated with luxury

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English luxurie, borrowed from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌɡʒəɹi/, /ˈlʌkʃəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

luxury (countable and uncountable, plural luxuries)

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

Antonyms

• (dispensable thing): necessity

Translations

very wealthy and comfortable surroundings

• Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豪華／豪华 (zh) (háohuá), 豪华 (zh) (háohuá)

• Finnish: ylellisyys (fi), luksus (fi), loisto (fi)
• French: luxe (fr) m
• Galician: luxo m
• German: Luxus (de) m
• Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia), χλιδή (el) f (chlidí)

  Ancient: τρυφή f (truphḗ)

• Hebrew: פאר (he) (peér), שפע (he) (shéfa)
• Hungarian: luxus (hu)
• Indonesian: kemewahan (id)
• Italian: lusso (it)
• Latin: luxus m
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• Maori: hāneaneatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luksus m

  Nynorsk: luksus m

• Persian: لوکس (fa) (luks), لاکچری (lâkčeri)
• Polish: luksus (pl) m
• Portuguese: luxo (pt) m
• Russian: ро́скошь (ru) (róskošʹ), люкс (ru) m (ljuks)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m

  Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m

• Spanish: lujo (es) m
• Swedish: lyx (sv) c
• Turkish: lüks (tr), bolluk (tr)

something desirable but expensive

• Dutch: luxe (nl) m
• Finnish: ylellisyys (fi)
• French: luxe (fr) m
• Galician: luxoso m
• German: Luxus (de) m
• Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia)

  Ancient: τρυφή f (truphḗ)

• Hebrew: מותרות (motarót), לוקסוס (luxus)
• Hungarian: luxus (hu)
• Italian: lusso (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luksusvare m or f

  Nynorsk: luksusvare f

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• Polish: luksus (pl) m
• Portuguese: luxo (pt) m
• Russian: предме́т ро́скоши m (predmét róskoši)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m

  Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m

• Spanish: lujo (es) m
• Swedish: lyx (sv) c

something very pleasant but not really needed in life

• Armenian: շռայլություն (hy) (šṙaylutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奢侈 (zh) (shēchǐ)

• Finnish: ylellisyys (fi)
• French: luxe (fr) m
• German: Luxus (de) m
• Greek: πολυτέλεια (el) f (polytéleia)
• Hebrew: מותרות (motarót)
• Hungarian: luxus (hu)
• Indonesian: kemewahan (id)
• Italian: lusso (it)
• Malay: kemewahan
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• Maori: hāneanea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luksusvare m or f

  Nynorsk: luksusvare f

• Persian: لوکس (fa) (lus)
• Portuguese: luxo (pt) m
• Russian: ро́скошь (ru) (róskošʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́скош f, лу̀ксуз m

  Roman: ráskoš (sh) f, lùksuz (sh) m

• Spanish: lujo (es) m, capricho (es) m, extravagancia (es) f
• Swedish: lyx (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} luxe (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} lusso (it) m
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} విలాసం (te) (vilāsaṁ)

Adjective

luxury (comparative more luxury, superlative most luxury)

1. very expensive
2. not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
3. (automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

Coordinate terms

(automotive):

• premium
• economy

Translations

indulgent

• Finnish: ylellinen (fi)
• Greek: πολυτελής (el) m or f (polytelís)
• Maori: hāneanea
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• Polish: luksusowy (pl)
• Swedish: lyxig (sv)

Related terms

• luxuriant
• luxuriate
• luxurious
• luxuriously

Further reading

• “luxury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “luxury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Middle English

Noun

luxury

1. Alternative form of luxurie