luxe

American  

[looks, luhks, lyks] / lʊks, lʌks, lüks /

noun

1. luxury; elegance; sumptuousness.

   accommodations providing luxe at low rates.

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adjective

1. luxurious; deluxe.

   luxe accommodations.

luxe British  

/ lʌks, lyks, lʊks /

noun

1. See de luxe

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Etymology

Origin of luxe

1550–60; < French < Latin luxus excess

Explanation

Something luxe is very fancy and expensive. If you're used to camping or staying on a friend's couch when you travel, a few nights at a luxe hotel will seem extravagant. Just like the related words deluxe and luxurious, the adjective luxe is rooted in the Latin word luxuria, "excess or extravagance," and carries the sense of something as lavish and opulent as it could possibly be. Your luxe hotel room might come with pillowy soft, luxe bedding and luxe food like champagne and caviar.

Example Sentences

Writer Douglas Kearney illuminates it strikingly in the curatorial statement etched into a back wall in “sister dreamer”: “… it’s the sacred phenomenon of luxe space that remembers without memorializing, celebrates without eulogizing. An anti-tomb.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

If you want another optional, luxe layer — and the dish can handle it — add shrimp.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

You can also go for the super luxe Nobu pop-up, back at the Red Bull Mirage again this year, or have a fancy family-style meal with Outstanding in the Field with famous chefs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Ricci is a pilot whose obsession over four decades with aviation and luxe travel made him a billionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Leurs heritiers, pour le plupart, se souciaient fort peu de jeter les richesses qu'ils venaient d'acquerir dans les �difices de luxe et de vanit�.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.