lustral

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

relating to ritual purification

• Portuguese: lustral

French

Adjective

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

1. lustral

Further reading

• “lustral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lusˈtɾaw/ [lusˈtɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lusˈtɾaw/ [lusˈtɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /luʃˈtɾaw/ [luʃˈtɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luʃˈtɾal/ [luʃˈtɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luʃˈtɾal/ [luʃˈtɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /luʃˈtɾa.li/

• 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

		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/ [lusˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: lus‧tral

Adjective

lustral m or f (masculine and feminine plural lustrales)

1. lustral

Further reading

• “lustral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28