Masculine
illustre
Meaning
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) illustrious, renowned, famous, distinguished
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) notorious
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Hyphenated as
il‧lù‧stre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ilˈlus.tre/
Etymology
From Latin illustris (“bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous”), from illūstrō (“to illustrate”).
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