brillant
See also: Brillant
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brillant m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillants)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
brillant
Further reading edit
- “brillant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French brillant, from the past participle of briller (“to shine, glow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brillant c (singular definite brillanten, plural indefinite brillanter)
- brilliant (finely cut diamond)
Inflection edit
Declension of brillant
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brillant | brillanten | brillanter | brillanterne |
genitive | brillants | brillantens | brillanters | brillanternes |
Adjective edit
brillant
- (rare) brilliant (shining brightly)
- brilliant (surpassing excellence)
- brilliant (magnificent or wonderful)
- Synonyms: fremragende, strålende
Inflection edit
Inflection of brillant | |||
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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 edit
- brillant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Brillant (ædelsten) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of briller (“to shine”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brillant (feminine brillante, masculine plural brillants, feminine plural brillantes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Participle edit
brillant
Further reading edit
- “brillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French brillant.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brillant (strong nominative masculine singular brillanter, comparative brillanter, superlative am brillantesten)
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Declension edit
Positive forms of brillant
Comparative forms of brillant
Superlative forms of brillant
Further reading edit
Maltese edit
Alternative forms edit
- birlant (dialectal)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian brillante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brillant m (plural brillanti)
- brilliant (cut gemstone)
Related terms edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
brillant m