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lustre

/lystʁ/

noun, masculine/lystʁ/plural: lustres

lustrum; period of five years; a very long time, an eternity

Ça fait des lustres que je ne t'ai pas vu !I haven't seen you in ages!

Synonyms: éternité, plombes, belle lurette

Borrowed from Latin lūstrum (“purification celebrated every few years; a period of five or four years”).

noun, masculine/lystʁ/plural: lustres

lustre, chandelier; gloss, shine, lustre

From Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro.