Translation
luxury; extravagance
Word origin
From Latin luxus, excess or extravagance, which reached Esperanto through French luxe and German Luxus. The Latin noun originally meant a plant growing rank and out of control, and the sense of overgrowth is still audible in the English cousin luxuriant.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- luxus
- English cognates
- luxury, deluxe, luxuriant
Examples
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She lives in luxury, but she is not happy.
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The hotel offers great luxury by the sea.
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For me, a cup of coffee is a small luxury.
is the noun, the thing itself; the adjective is luksa, so a fancy hotel is luksa and staying in one is . English speakers reach for "luxury" as an adjective all the time ("a luxury car") and Esperanto will not have it: the ending has to do the work, and luksa is the only way to say it. Careful of the near neighbour versus lukto, from , to wrestle - one letter apart and nothing to do with each other.
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