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Old English bryht, by metathesis from beorht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz, *berxiaz, from Proto-Germanic *berkhiaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg-. Cognate with Scots bricht, Upper High German Bericht, Dutch bericht, brecht; Norwegian bjart; Icelandic bjartur, French brillant, Spanish brillante, Lithuanian breksta; Welsh berth; Sanskrit bhrajate. Related to bert, Bert.
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bright (comparative brighter, superlative brightest)
- Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
- Could you please dim the light? It's way too bright.
- Intelligent, brilliant.
- He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.
- Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
- Happy.
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visually dazzling, luminous, radiant
- Arabic: لامع ar(ar) (laami`)
- Armenian: պայծառ (payçaṙ)
- Bulgarian: светъл bg(bg), ярък bg(bg)
- Chamicuro: tsenewa
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 明亮 cmn(cmn) (míngliàng), 亮 cmn(cmn) (liàng), 明 cmn(cmn) (míng)
- Czech: jasný cs(cs)
- Danish: lys, funklende, klar
- Dutch: helder nl(nl)
- Finnish: kirkas fi(fi)
- French: brillant fr(fr), luisant fr(fr)
- German: hell de(de), glänzend de(de), strahlend de(de)
- Hebrew: בהיר (bahyr) m., בהירה (behira) f.
- Icelandic: bjartur m., björt f., bjart n.; skær m. and f., skært n.; skínandi m., f., and n., ljómandi m., f., and n.
- Interlingua: brillante
- Italian: brillante it(it), luminoso it(it), lucente it(it)
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- Japanese: 明るい (あかるい, akarui)
- Korean: 밝다 (balgda, bakda)
- Kurdish: بریقهدار
- Lithuanian: ryškus, šviesus
- Norwegian: lys no(no)
- Portuguese: claro pt(pt), brilhante pt(pt), luminoso pt(pt), radiante pt(pt)
- Russian: яркий ru(ru) (járkij), светлый ru(ru) (svétlyj), сияющий ru(ru) (sijájuščij)
- Scots: bricht
- Scottish Gaelic: soilleir gd(gd)
- Spanish: claro es(es), brillante es(es), resplandeciente es(es), luminoso es(es), lucio es(es) m., lucia es(es) f., lucias es(es) f. pl., lucios es(es) m. pl.
- Swedish: ljus sv(sv)
- Telugu: ప్రకాశవంతమైన (prakaashavantamaina)
- Tupinambá: endypuk (s)
- Turkish: parlak tr(tr), aydınlık tr(tr)
- Vietnamese: sáng vi(vi), sáng sủa vi(vi)
- Welsh: hoyw cy(cy)
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intelligent
- Armenian: փայլուն (p'aylun)
- Bulgarian: умен bg(bg)
- Czech: bystrý cs(cs)
- Danish: opvakt, kvik
- Dutch: slim nl(nl), intelligent nl(nl)
- Finnish: terävä, älykäs, fiksu (colloquial)
- French: intelligent fr(fr), brillant fr(fr) m.
- German: intelligent de(de), brilliant de(de)
- Guaraní: katupyry
- Icelandic: greindur m., greind f., greint n.; skarpur m., skörp f., skarpt n.; greindarlegur m., greindarleg f., greindarlegt n.
- Interlingua: intelligente
- Italian: brillante it(it), intelligente it(it)
- Japanese: 賢い (かしこい, kashikoi), 聡明な (そうめいな, sōmeina)
- Korean: 밝다 (balgda, bakda)
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- Kurdish: زیرهک
- Lithuanian: gudrus, protingas
- Norwegian: intelligent no(no), dyktig no(no), klok no(no)
- Portuguese: brilhante, inteligente
- Russian: умный (úmnyj), блестящий (bl'est'áš'ij)
- Scots: bricht
- Scottish Gaelic: geur gd(gd), tuigseach gd(gd), toinisgeil gd(gd)
- Slovene: inteligenten, brihten
- Spanish: brillante es(es), inteligente es(es), genial es(es)
- Swedish: intelligent sv(sv), klyftig sv(sv)
- Telugu: తెలివైన (telivaina)
- Tupinambá: akangatu
- Vietnamese: sánh dạ, thông minh, nhanh trí, sáng sủa
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bright (plural brights)
- An artists brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
- A neologism intended as a positive-sounding umbrella term to describe various kinds of non-religious and non-superstitious people. (There is a Wikipedia article on this usage.)
- Definition A person whose world view is free of supernatural and mystical elements. The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic world view. (2003, Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell)
