brilliance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillance.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brĭlyəns
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/

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Noun

brilliance (usually uncountable, plural brilliances)

1. The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
2. The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
3. (chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.

   What brilliance it took from Harry Kane to control the cross and place the ball into the top corner.

Derived terms

• brilliancy

Related terms

• brilliant
• brilliantly
• brilliantness
• beryl (possibly)
• beryllium (possibly)

Translations

The quality of being exceptionally effulgent

• Bikol Central: bansay (bcl)
• Bulgarian: яркост (bg) f (jarkost), блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辉 (zh) (huī)

• Finnish: kirkkaus (fi)
• Galician: brillantez (gl) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: λαμπρότης f (lamprótēs), αὐγή f (augḗ)

• Polish: blask (pl) m, świetlistość (pl) f
• Romanian: strălucire (ro) f
• Spanish: brillantez (es) f

The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity

• Bulgarian: интелигентност (bg) f (inteligentnost)
• Czech: genialita (cs) f
• Finnish: etevyys (fi), lahjakkuus (fi), nerokkuus (fi)
• Galician: brillantez (gl)
• German: Brillanz f
• Manx: ard-aghtallys m, ard-inçhynys m
• Polish: błyskotliwość (pl) f, błyskotność f (archaic)
• Romanian: genialitate (ro) f, suprainteligență f, inteligență genială f
• Spanish: brillantez (es) f

Magnificence; resplendence

• Armenian: շուք (hy) (šukʻ)
• Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), великолепие (bg) n (velikolepie)
• Middle English: deynte
• Romanian: splendoare (ro) f, măreție (ro) f, grandoare (ro) f, magnificență (ro)
• Sanskrit: तेजस् (sa) n (tejas)