luxe
French, noun
luxe is spelled L-U-X-E (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luxe is a French masculine noun meaning “luxury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of luxer. With an accent, luxé is a different word: “past participle of luxer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pratique sociale consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer…”.
What does luxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineluxury
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of luxer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pratique sociale consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer d’un raffinement fastueux ou par pur goût de l’ostentation, par opposition aux facteurs ne relevant que de la stricte nécessité. 2. Somptuosité dans le vêtement, la table, l’ameublement, etc. 3. Ce qui pare, ce qui donne de l’élégance. 4. Commerce et industrie des produits luxueux.
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 luxe
- luxes plural
- luxée feminine
- luxés masculine plural
- luxées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to luxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luxe in French?
luxe appears 28 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).