Lust

/\lʊst\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,510

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Lust is aFrenchnoun. It means: Envie, souhait. au singulier uniquement. Pronounced \lʊst\.

Key facts for Lust
PropertyValue
HeadwordLust
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lʊst\
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,510
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Lust in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Lust is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lʊst\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,510 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Lust in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Lust, spelled L-U-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envie, souhait. au singulier uniquement.
  2. 2
    Ich hatte zwar zunächst keine Lust, in die Schule zu gehen, aber jetzt macht es mir großen Spaß. #*: Au départ, je n’avais pas envie d’aller à l’école, mais maintenant, ça me plait beaucoup
  3. 3
    Ich hätte Lust auf einen heißen Tee. #*: J’aurais envie d’un thé / d’une tisane bien chaud(e)
  4. 4
    Ich habe Lust zu nichts / auf gar nichts. #*: Je n’ai envie de rien / de rien du tout
  5. 5
    Sie macht alles mit Lust und Liebe. #*: Elle met tout son cœur à tout ce qu’elle fait
  6. 6
    Mach, wie du Lust hast! #*: Fais comme tu veux !
  7. 7
    Die Löffelchenstellung ist ideal für gemütlichen und kuscheligen Sex. Dein Schatz schmiegt sich seitlich liegend von hinten an Dich an und kann dann in Dich eindringen. Diese Sexstellung ist auch optimal, wenn eine Frau schwanger ist und Lust auf Sex hat. — (Jo, « Die 10 besten Sexpositionen », dans EIS, 10 décembre 2023 https://www.eis.at/magazin/stellungen/die-5-besten-sexstellungen-aller-zeiten texte intégral) #*: La position en cuillères est idéale pour des rapports sexuels confortables et câlins. Ton chéri se blottit contre toi par derrière, allongé sur le côté, et peut ensuite te pénétrer. Cette position sexuelle est également optimale lorsqu'une femme est enceinte et qu’elle a envie de faire l’amour.
  8. 8
    Fort désir (sexuel), envie (sexuelle).
  9. 9
    Plaisir, satisfaction du désir.
  10. 10
    Plaisir, satisfaction du désir.
  11. 11
    Plaisir (sexuel), jouissance. → voir Wollust

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Frequency rank: #72,510 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lust"?
"Lust" is spelled L-U-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lʊst\.
What does "Lust" mean?
As a noun, "Lust" means: Envie, souhait. au singulier uniquement.
How do you pronounce "Lust"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lust" is \lʊst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lust" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.