lustration
French, noun/lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
lustration is a French feminine noun meaning “lustration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de purifier avec de l’eau lustrale et en particulier le jour de la cérémonie du cens”.
What does lustration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelustration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de purifier avec de l’eau lustrale et en particulier le jour de la cérémonie du cens. 2. Purification.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lustration
- lustrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lustration?
- /lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ly.stʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lustration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lustration in French?
lustration appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).