lustral

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English

Etymology

From Latin lūstrālis, from lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”); compare French lustral. See lustrum.

Adjective

lustral

  1. Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification.
    • 1881, James Thomson (B. V.), A Voice from the Nile:
      So the men change along my changeless stream,
      And change their faiths; but I yield all alike
      Sweet water for their drinking, sweet as wine,
      And pure sweet water for their lustral rites:
      For thirty generations of my corn
      Outlast a generation of my men,
      And thirty generations of my men
      Outlast a generation of their gods.
    lustral days
    lustral water
  2. Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years.
    a lustral cycle

Translations

French

Adjective

lustral (feminine lustrale, masculine plural lustraux, feminine plural lustrales)

  1. lustral

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: lus‧tral

Adjective

lustral m or f (plural lustrais)

  1. lustral (relating to ritual purification)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lustral.

Adjective

lustral m or n (feminine singular lustrală, masculine plural lustrali, feminine and neuter plural lustrale)

  1. lustral

Declension

Declension of lustral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite lustral lustrală lustrali lustrale
definite lustralul lustrala lustralii lustralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite lustral lustrale lustrali lustrale
definite lustralului lustralei lustralilor lustralelor

References

  • lustral in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lusˈtɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: lus‧tral

Adjective

lustral m or f (masculine and feminine plural lustrales)

  1. lustral

Further reading

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