English

Adjective

illustre ‎(comparative more illustre, superlative most illustre)

1. (obsolete) illustrious

Verb

to illustre

1. (obsolete) To illuminate
2. (obsolete) To make illustrious

Derived terms

• illustrated (made illustrious)

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• illuster

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ilystʁ/
• Rhymes: -ystʁ
• Homophones: illustrent, illustres

Adjective

illustre m, f ‎(plural illustres)

1. illustrious
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXXIII:

     À Florence, riche et fameuse ville d’Italie, dans la province qu’on appelle Toscane, vivaient deux gentilshommes d’illustre famille, Anselme et Lothaire....

     In Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy, in the province called Tuscany, lived two gentlemen of illustrious family, Anselmo and Lothario....

Verb

illustre

1. first-person singular present indicative of illustrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of illustrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of illustrer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of illustrer
5. second-person singular imperative of illustrer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin illustris ‎(“bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous”), from illūstrō ‎(“I illustrate”).

Adjective

illustre m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural illustri)

1. illustrious, renowned, famous, distinguished
2. notorious

Synonyms

• famoso, celebre, rinomato

Derived terms

• illustrissimo

Latin

Adjective

illustre

1. nominative neuter singular of illustris
2. accusative neuter singular of illustris
3. vocative neuter singular of illustris

References

• illustre in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press