brillant

See also: Brillant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bɾiˈʎan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [bɾiˈʎant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

brillant m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillants)

1. bright, shiny
2. brilliant, excellent

Derived terms

• brillantment
• brillantor

 

Verb

brillant

Further reading

• “brillant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Etymology

From French brillant, from the past participle of briller (“to shine, glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briljant/, [b̥ʁilˈjanˀd̥]
• IPA^(key): /briliant/, [b̥ʁiliˈanˀd̥]

Noun

brillant c (singular definite brillanten, plural indefinite brillanter)

1. brilliant (finely cut diamond)

Inflection

Declension of brillant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brillant	brillanten	brillanter	brillanterne
genitive	brillants	brillantens	brillanters	brillanternes

Adjective

brillant

1. (rare) brilliant (shining brightly)
2. brilliant (surpassing excellence)
3. brilliant (magnificent or wonderful)

   Synonyms: fremragende, strålende

Inflection

Inflection of brillant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	brillant	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	brillant	—	—2
Plural	brillante	—	—2
Definite attributive1	brillante	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

• brillant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Brillant (ædelsten) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.jɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Adjective

brillant (feminine brillante, masculine plural brillants, feminine plural brillantes)

1. shining; shiny

Verb

brillant

1. present participle of briller

Further reading

• “brillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪlˈjant/

• Audio:

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Adjective

brillant (comparative brillanter, superlative am brillantesten)

1. brilliant

Usage notes

• Generally implies a very extraordinary degree of cleverness or skill, being even stronger than genial or fantastisch. Thus used more reluctantly than in American English and much more reluctantly than in British English.

Further reading

• “brillant” in Duden online

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Norman

Etymology

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Adjective

brillant m

1. (Jersey) brilliant