brillant
See also: Brillant
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
brillant (masculine and feminine plural brillants)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
brillant
- present participle of brillar
Further readingEdit
- “brillant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French brillant, from the past participle of briller (“to shine, glow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
brillant c (singular definite brillanten, plural indefinite brillanter)
- brilliant (finely cut diamond)
InflectionEdit
Declension of brillant
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brillant | brillanten | brillanter | brillanterne |
genitive | brillants | brillantens | brillanters | brillanternes |
AdjectiveEdit
brillant
- (rare) brilliant (shining brightly)
- brilliant (surpassing excellence)
- brilliant (magnificent or wonderful)
- Synonyms: fremragende, strålende
InflectionEdit
Inflection of brillant | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | brillant | — | —2 |
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 readingEdit
- brillant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Brillant (ædelsten) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
brillant (feminine brillante, masculine plural brillants, feminine plural brillantes)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ParticipleEdit
brillant
Further readingEdit
- “brillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French brillant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
brillant (strong nominative masculine singular brillanter, comparative brillanter, superlative am brillantesten)
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of brillant
Comparative forms of brillant
Superlative forms of brillant
Further readingEdit
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
brillant m