brillant

From brillar +‎ -ant.

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

brillant m or f (masculine and feminine plural brillants)

1. bright, shiny
2. brilliant, excellent

brillant

1. gerund of brillar

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

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

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

brillant c (singular definite brillanten, plural indefinite brillanter)

1. brilliant (finely cut diamond)

brillant

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

   Synonyms: fremragende, strålende

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.

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

Present participle of briller (“to shine”)

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.jɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

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

1. shining; shiny

• brillantine

• → Crimean Tatar: brillant
• → Danish: brillant
• → English: brillant
• → German: brillant

brillant

1. present participle of briller

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

Borrowed from French brillant.

• IPA^(key): /brɪlˈjant/

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brillant (strong nominative masculine singular brillanter, comparative brillanter, superlative am brillantesten)

1. brilliant

• 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.

• “brillant” in Duden online
• “brillant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• birlant (dialectal)

Borrowed from Italian brillante.

• IPA^(key): /brɪlˈlant/

brillant m (plural brillanti)

1. brilliant (cut gemstone)

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brillant m

1. (Jersey) brilliant