brilliance

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillance.

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.

Derived terms

• brilliancy

Related terms

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

Translations

The quality of being exceptionally effulgent

• Bulgarian: яркост (bg) f (jarkost), блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辉 (zh) (huī)

• Finnish: kirkkaus (fi)
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• Greek:

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

• Romanian: strălucire (ro) f
• Spanish: brillantez f

The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity

• Bulgarian: интелигентност (bg) f (inteligentnost)
• Czech: genialita f
• Finnish: etevyys (fi), lahjakkuus (fi), nerokkuus (fi)
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• Manx: ard-aghtallys m, ard-inçhynys m
• Romanian: genialitate (ro) f, suprainteligență f, inteligență genială f
• Spanish: brillantez f

Magnificence; resplendence

• Armenian: շուք (hy) (šukʻ)
• Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), великолепие (bg) n (velikolepie)
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• Romanian: splendoare (ro) f, măreție (ro) f, grandoare (ro) f, magnificență (ro)