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luxury

adj · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/
  • Northern-England: /ˈlʊk.ʃə.ɹi/
  • Scotland: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɾe/
  • Wales: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɾi/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlɐk.ʃə.ɹi/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 G ZH ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Very expensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: luxurious

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxe, splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence

Antonyms: austerity, spartanness, penury, poverty

5

noun

Meaning 5

Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: necessity, essential, essentials, basics

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: necessity, essential, essentials, basics

7

noun

Meaning 7

Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Copulation; the act or action of sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indulgence, self-indulgence

10

noun

Meaning 10

the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expensiveness

11

noun

Meaning 11

wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wealth, wealthiness

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ylellinen — indulgent
  • Greek: πολυτελής (polytelís) — indulgent
  • Malay: mewah — indulgent
  • Māori: hāneanea — indulgent
  • Polish: luksusowy — indulgent
  • Swedish: lyxig — indulgent
  • Turkish: lüks — indulgent
  • Vietnamese: sự sang trọng — indulgent
  • Arabic: رَفَاهِيَّة (rafāhiyya) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Arabic: تَرَف (taraf) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Belarusian: раскоша (raskóša) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Bulgarian: разкош (razkoš) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Bulgarian: лукс (luks) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Catalan: luxe — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豪華 /豪华 (háohuá) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Esperanto: lukso — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Finnish: ylellisyys — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Finnish: luksus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Finnish: loisto — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • French: luxe — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Galician: luxo — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Georgian: ფუფუნება (pupuneba) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Georgian: განცხრომა (gancxroma) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • German: Luxus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Greek: πολυτέλεια (polytéleia) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Greek: χλιδή (chlidí) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Ancient Greek: τρυφή (truphḗ) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Hebrew: פאר (peér) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Hebrew: שפע (shéfa) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Hungarian: luxus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Indonesian: kemewahan — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Irish: sómas — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Irish: ollmhaitheas — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Italian: lusso — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Japanese: 贅沢 (zeitaku) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Kazakh: молшылық (molşylyq) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Kazakh: люкс (lüks) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Latin: luxus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Macedonian: ра́скош (ráskoš) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Macedonian: лу́ксуз (lúksuz) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Malayalam: സമൃദ്ധി (samr̥ddhi) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Māori: hāneaneatanga — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luksus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luksus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Persian: لوکس (luks) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Persian: لاکچری (lâkčeri) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Polish: luksus — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Portuguese: luxo — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Romanian: lux — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Russian: ро́скошь (róskošʹ) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Russian: люкс (ljuks) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скош — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: лу̀ксуз — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskoš — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Serbo-Croatian: lùksuz — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Spanish: lujo — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Swedish: lyx — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Tamil: சொகுசு (cokucu) — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Turkish: lüks — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Turkish: bolluk — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings
  • Arabic: تَرَف (taraf) — something desirable but expensive
  • Bulgarian: лукс (luks) — something desirable but expensive
  • Catalan: luxe — something desirable but expensive
  • Dutch: luxe — something desirable but expensive
  • Finnish: ylellisyys — something desirable but expensive
  • French: luxe — something desirable but expensive
  • Galician: luxoso — something desirable but expensive
  • German: Luxus — something desirable but expensive
  • Greek: πολυτέλεια (polytéleia) — something desirable but expensive
  • Ancient Greek: τρυφή (truphḗ) — something desirable but expensive
  • Hebrew: מותרות (motarót) — something desirable but expensive
  • Hebrew: לוקסוס (luxus) — something desirable but expensive
  • Hungarian: luxus — something desirable but expensive
  • Italian: lusso — something desirable but expensive
  • Macedonian: лу́ксуз (lúksuz) — something desirable but expensive
  • Macedonian: ра́скош (ráskoš) — something desirable but expensive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luksusvare — something desirable but expensive
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luksusvare — something desirable but expensive
  • Polish: luksus — something desirable but expensive
  • Portuguese: luxo — something desirable but expensive
  • Romanian: lux — something desirable but expensive
  • Russian: предме́т ро́скоши (predmét róskoši) — something desirable but expensive
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скош — something desirable but expensive
  • Serbo-Croatian: лу̀ксуз — something desirable but expensive
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskoš — something desirable but expensive
  • Serbo-Croatian: lùksuz — something desirable but expensive
  • Spanish: lujo — something desirable but expensive
  • Swedish: lyx — something desirable but expensive
  • Tagalog: luho — something desirable but expensive
  • Arabic: كَمَالِيّ (kamāliyy) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Armenian: շռայլություն (šṙaylutʻyun) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Catalan: luxe — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奢侈 (shēchǐ) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Esperanto: luksaĵo — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Finnish: ylellisyys — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • French: luxe — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • German: Luxus — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Greek: πολυτέλεια (polytéleia) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Hebrew: מותרות (motarót) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Hungarian: luxus — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Indonesian: kemewahan — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Irish: só — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Italian: lusso — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Macedonian: ра́скош (ráskoš) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Macedonian: лу́ксуз (lúksuz) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Malay: kemewahan — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Malayalam: ആഡംബരം (āḍambaraṁ) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Māori: hāneanea — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luksusvare — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luksusvare — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Persian: لوکس (lus) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Portuguese: luxo — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Romanian: lux — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Russian: ро́скошь (róskošʹ) — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́скош — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Serbo-Croatian: лу̀ксуз — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Serbo-Croatian: ráskoš — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Serbo-Croatian: lùksuz — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Spanish: lujo — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Spanish: capricho — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Spanish: extravagancia — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Swedish: lyx — something pleasant but not necessary in life
  • Tagalog: luho — something pleasant but not necessary in life
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