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luxe [lyks]masculine nouna. ( = richesse) luxury ; [de maison, objet] luxuriousness• j'ai lavé la cuisine, ce n'était pas du luxe ! I washed the kitchen floor, it badly needed itb. ( = plaisir) luxury* * *lyksnom masculin luxurys'offrir le luxe de faire — ( financièrement) to afford the luxury of doing; fig to give oneself the satisfaction of doing
ce n'est pas du luxe — (colloq) it has to be done
je l'ai nettoyé et ce n'était pas du luxe — (colloq) I gave it a much needed clean
* * *lyks nmun luxe de [détails, précautions] — a wealth of
* * *luxe nm luxury; vivre dans le luxe to live in luxury; résidence/produits/voitures de luxe luxury home/products/cars; s'offrir or se payer le luxe de faire ( financièrement) to afford the luxury of doing; fig to give oneself the satisfaction of doing; il peut se payer ce luxe he can afford it; ce n'est pas du luxe it has to be done; je l'ai nettoyé et ça n'était pas du luxe I gave it a much needed clean; avoir des goûts de luxe to have expensive tastes; industrie du luxe luxury goods industry; horlogerie de luxe fine watchmaking; épicerie de luxe delicatessen; magasin de luxe exclusive shop; boutique de luxe boutique.[lyks] nom masculinc'est le (grand) luxe ici! it's the height of luxury ou it's luxurious in here!elle ne peut pas s'offrir le luxe de dire ce qu'elle pense (figuré) she can't afford to speak her mind3. [chose déraisonnable]la viande, c'est devenu un luxe buying meat has become a luxuryils ont nettoyé la moquette, ce n'était pas du luxe! (familier) they cleaned the carpet, (and) it was about time too!4. un luxe de [beaucoup de] a host ou a wealth of————————de luxe locution adjectivale1. [somptueux] luxury (modificateur)
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