briljant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant, from Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪlˈjɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: bril‧jant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

briljant (comparative briljanter, superlative briljantst)

1. brilliant (genius, excellent)
2. (rare) brilliant (luminous, shining)

Declension

Declension of briljant
uninflected	briljant
inflected	briljante
comparative	briljanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		briljant	briljanter	het briljantst het briljantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	briljante	briljantere	briljantste
	n. sing.	briljant	briljanter	briljantste
	plural	briljante	briljantere	briljantste
definite		briljante	briljantere	briljantste
partitive		briljants	briljanters	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: briljant
• → Indonesian: brilian
• → Papiamentu: briljant (dated)
• → West Frisian: briljant

Noun

briljant m (plural briljanten, diminutive briljantje n)

1. brilliant (finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: briljant
• → Caribbean Javanese: barleyan
• → Indonesian: berlian
• → West Frisian: briljant

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant. Doublet of beryll and brillor.

Adjective

briljant (comparative briljantare, superlative briljantast)

1. brilliant

Declension

Inflection of briljant
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	briljant	briljantare	briljantast
Neuter singular	briljant	briljantare	briljantast
Plural	briljanta	briljantare	briljantast
Masculine plural3	briljante	briljantare	briljantast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	briljante	briljantare	briljantaste
All	briljanta	briljantare	briljantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• briljans

Noun

briljant c

1. brilliant (diamond cut in a particular form)

Declension

Declension of briljant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	briljant	briljanten	briljanter	briljanterna
Genitive	briljants	briljantens	briljanters	briljanternas

Further reading

• briljant in Svensk ordbok.