adj
Meaning 1
Very fine in quality and comfortable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a luxurious hotel suite
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deluxe, opulent, plush, sumptuous, luxury
Antonyms: basic, impoverished, poor
Standard Lemma guide
luxurious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lʌɡˈzjʊə-/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lʌkˈʃʊə-/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-lʌkˈsjʊə-/
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British, Southern, Standard: /lʌɡˈʒɵːɹɪjəs/
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British, Southern, Standard: /-lʌkˈʃɵː-/
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British, Southern, Standard: /-lʌɡˈʒoː-/
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British, Southern, Standard: /-lʌkˈʃoː-/
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General-American: /lʌɡˈʒʊɹi.əs/
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General-American: /-lʌkˈʃʊɹ-/
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General-American: /-lʌɡˈʒɝ-/
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General-American: /-lʌkˈʃɝ-/
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Northern-England: /lʊɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
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Northern-England: /lʊkˈʃʊə-/
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Scotland: /lʌɡˈʒʉɾe.əs/
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Scotland: /lʌkˈʃʉ-/
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adj
Meaning 2
Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decadent, epicurean, Babylonian, epicureal, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, lotus-eating, luxurious, naughty, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritical, voluptuarian, voluptuary
Antonyms: ascetic, abstemious
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an epicurean banquet
- enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
- Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
- a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epicurean, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
rich and superior in quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a princely sum
- gilded dining rooms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, opulent, princely, sumptuous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَخْم (faḵm) — very fine and comfortable
- Bulgarian: разкошен (razkošen) — very fine and comfortable
- Catalan: luxós — very fine and comfortable
- Chinese Mandarin: 豪華 /豪华 (háohuá) — very fine and comfortable
- Danish: luksuøs — very fine and comfortable
- Danish: luksuriøs — very fine and comfortable
- Dutch: luxueus — very fine and comfortable
- Esperanto: luksa — very fine and comfortable
- French: luxueux — very fine and comfortable
- Galician: luxoso — very fine and comfortable
- Galician: fastoso — very fine and comfortable
- German: luxuriös — very fine and comfortable
- Irish: macnasach — very fine and comfortable
- Italian: lussuoso — very fine and comfortable
- Japanese: 豪華 (gōka) — very fine and comfortable
- Korean: 호화 (hohwa) — very fine and comfortable
- Latin: lautus — very fine and comfortable
- Latin: opiparus — very fine and comfortable
- Norwegian Bokmål: luksuriøs — very fine and comfortable
- Norwegian Nynorsk: luksuriøs — very fine and comfortable
- Polish: luksusowy — very fine and comfortable
- Portuguese: luxuoso — very fine and comfortable
- Romanian: luxos — very fine and comfortable
- Russian: роско́шный (roskóšnyj) — very fine and comfortable
- Scottish Gaelic: sòghail — very fine and comfortable
- Spanish: lujoso — very fine and comfortable
- Swedish: luxuös — very fine and comfortable
- Swedish: lyxig — very fine and comfortable
- Turkish: lüks — very fine and comfortable
- Vietnamese: sang trọng — very fine and comfortable
- Catalan: luxuriós — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- Dutch: luxueus — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- French: de luxe — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- Galician: luxurioso — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- German: luxuriös — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- Italian: lussurioso — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- Portuguese: luxuoso — enjoying pleasures of luxury
- Romanian: luxurios — enjoying pleasures of luxury
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